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50 Women in the Blues

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Women have been at the dawn of the blues since Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey were singing about hard knocks and tough love in smoky bars. This book gives an overview of the early days of the blues and its development from the Mississippi Delta to the hometown of electric blues, Chicago, to becoming the vibrant global musical movement it is today. Features over 30 exclusive interviews with the amazing female musicians leading the Blues to new heights today. Includes selected highlights from Chicago blues photographer Jennifer Noble's extensive colour collection.

Author Biography:

JENNIFER NOBLE – PHOTOGRAPHER Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee 2014 and the Director of Photography for the Chicago Blues Guide, Jennifer has been photographing legendary blues artists for over 30 years. Her photos have been published all over the world and recently featured in an exhibition about Women in the Blues in Chicago. She has been a DJ with her own radio show in the USA and interviewed many blues artists over the years. She is now based in London and is a member of the UK Blues Federation. KAT PEARSON – BLUES SINGER African-American Kat comes from a long history of Gospel hymns, Blues hummers and Soul singers, and leads her band Kat & Co now in London. Kat’s face has graced the cover of ID Magazine and she has appeared in the video of the hit single “Block Rockin’ Beats” by the Chemical Brothers. She received a standing ovation from the crowd at Montreaux Festival and has guested on the hit single of D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better”. Kathleen has shared the stage with LuLu, Mud Morganfield (Muddy Waters Jr), Jason Robello, Tony Remy, Lil Jimmy Reed, also with Chicago Blues Queens Peaches Staten and Deitra Farr to name a few. ZOE HOWE- MUSIC WRITER Zoë Howe is a writer, musician and visual artist based in Essex. Current projects include a film and book about the life and work of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene. Previous books include, ’Lee Brilleaux – Rock ‘n’ Roll Gentleman’, the bestselling ‘Stevie Nicks – Visions, Dreams And Rumours’, ‘Barbed Wire Kisses – The Jesus and Mary Chain Story’, ‘Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits’, ‘How’s Your Dad? Living In The Shadow of a Rock Star Parent’, ‘Florence + The Machine – An Almighty Sound’ and ‘Wilko Johnson – Looking Back At Me’. She was a contributing author to ‘British Beat Explosion – Rock ‘n’ Roll Island’ and to Julien’s documentary The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson. In 2015, Zoë joined the Doc 'n' Roll Film Festival jury, and as of 2016, she is The Blues Magazine’s resident ‘rock ‘n’ roll agony aunt'.
Release date Australia
November 29th, 2019
Series
Contributors
  • Interviewee Chick Rodgers
  • Interviewee Connie Lush
  • Interviewee Dana Gillespie
  • Interviewee Diunna Greenleaf
  • Interviewee Dona Oxford
  • Interviewee Irma Thomas
  • Interviewee Kyla Brox
  • Interviewee Ruthie Foster
  • Interviewee Shemekia Copeland
  • Photographs by Jennifer Noble
Pages
240
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
colour photographs
ISBN-13
9780993220784
Product ID
29778487

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