This ultimate celebration of women in music from the NPR Music series — Turning the Tables — features superstars and hidden geniuses, archival interviews, essays, rare photos, and specially commissioned illustrations.
This book is a must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested in how artists think and work, including:
- Joan Baez talking about nonviolence as a musical principle in 1971
- Dolly Parton's favorite song and the story behind it
- Patti Smith describing the exhilaration of performing live in 1976
- Nina Simone, in 2001, explaining how she developed the edge in her voice as a tool against racism
- Taylor Swift talking about when she had no idea if her musical career might work
- Odetta on how shifting from classical music to folk allowed her to express her fury over Jim Crow
This incomparable hardcover volume is a vital record of history destined to become a classic and a great gift for any music fan or creative thinker.
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