How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

Contributor(s): Inc (Author), Fensterstock, Alison (Author), Fensterstock, Alison (Editor), Fensterstock, Alison (Read by), Powers, Ann (Introduction by), Powers, Ann (Contribution by), Powers, Ann (Read by), Huber, Hillary (Read by), Various Narrators (Read by), Reed, Maggi-Meg (Read by), Edwards, Janina (Read by), Castillo, Inés del (Read by), McCormick, Chanté (Read by)

ISBN: 9798874800369

Publisher: HarperCollins

$49.99

Pub Date: October 1, 2024

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Unabridged

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 5.60" L x 5.80" W ( 0.50 lbs) pages

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Description:

2025 ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS AWARDS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT * AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE EARPHONES AWARD

The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O'Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.

NPR's launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017, suddenly pushed more women onto "Best of" lists and into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. With How Women Made Music, acclaimed critic and TtT co-founder Ann Powers and contributor Alison Fensterstock draw from every Turning the Tables season and the full 50-years of NPR archives, to bring a vibrant, entertaining history of women in folk, rock, rap, hip hop, salsa, bubblegum pop, and much more.

The audiobook version features:

Joan Baez discussing nonviolence as a musical principle in 1971Nina Simone, in 2001, reflecting on how she developed the edge in her voice as a tool against racismPatti Smith describing art as her "jealous mistress" in 1976Taylor Swift, in 2012, talking about early uncertainty in her music careerOdetta, in 2005, explaining how shifting from classical to folk music allowed her to express her fury over Jim Crow

Destined to become a classic, this audiobook is not only a vital record of history, it will spark creativity, inspiration, and awe in hearing how musical lives are maintained and favorite songs are born.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Brief description:

Hillary Huber is one of the most successful voice talents in Los Angeles. Recent books read for Blackstone Audio include Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him by Patricia Marx, A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read, and A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart.

Review Quotes:

"This audiobook is not just about inclusion. It's a corrective recentering...It's exhilarating to hear Dolly Parton, Nina Simone, and Queen Latifah in the mix, giving listeners this mosaic of music history. The impact is undeniable. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."

-- "AudioFile"