I Got Thunder by Lashonda Barnett
In this often fascinating, nostalgic, and thoroughly moving collection of 20 interviews, author LaShonda Katrice Barnett offers a rare glimpse into the careers of the world's prominent black women performing singers and songwriters. Marking an unprecedented exploration of the musical styles and careers of twenty black women performing songwriters, I Got Thunder represents practically all genres-folk, jazz, neo soul, hip-hop, rhythm and blues, and traditional blues. Barnett's interviews are accompanied by brief biographies and selected discographies for each of the influential artists included. Discussing their influences, inspirations and creative processes are: Abbey Lincoln, Angelique Kidjo, Brenda Russell, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Dionne Warwick, Joan Armatrading, Miriam Makeba, Narissa Bond, Nina Simone, Nona Hendryx, Odetta, Oleta Adams, Pamela Means, Patti Cathcart Andress (of Tuck & Patti), Shemekia Copeland, Shirley Caesar, Tokunbo Akinro, Toshi Reagon, and Tramaine Hawkins.
Barnett, Lashonda Katrice: - LaShonda Katrice Barnett was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the editor of the volumes I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters on Their Craft (2007) and Off the Record: Conversations with African American and Brazilian Women Musicians (2015). She has taught literature and history at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, and Brown University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781568583310 |
| ISBN 10 | 1568583311 |
| Titel | I Got Thunder |
| Autor | Lashonda Barnett |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Thunder's Mouth Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2007-09-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 352 |
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