Rock-and-roll woman : the 50 fiercest female rockers

Rock-and-roll woman The 50 fiercest female rockers

Meredith Ochs

Book - 2018

From chanteuses to blues belters and guitar slingers, Ochs provides fifty female artists and groups. She shows how they not only illustrate the width and breadth of rock music-- they define it. Presented chronologically from the birth of rock today, these women rockers shook up the music scene. Their stories are inspirational-- and their art is timeless. -- adapted from back cover and introduction

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Subjects
Women musicians > Biography.
Women musicians > Pictorial works.
Rock music > History.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York : Sterling [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Meredith Ochs (author)
Physical Description
216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781454930624
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • Big Mama Thornton
  • Wanda Jackson
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Ronnie Spector
  • Tina Turner
  • Janis Joplin
  • Grace Slick
  • Fanny
  • Carole King
  • Marianne Faithful
  • Suzi Quatro
  • Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie
  • Ann & Nancy Wilson
  • Linda Ronstadt
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • The Runaways
  • Siouxsie Sioux
  • The Slits
  • Poison Ivy
  • Patti Smith
  • Tina Weymouth
  • Debbie Harry
  • Chrissie Hynde
  • Pat Benatar
  • Exene Cervenka
  • Kim Gordon
  • The Go-Go's
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Annie Lennox
  • The Bangles
  • Melissa Etheridge
  • Kim Deal
  • L7
  • Kathleen Hanna
  • Courtney Love
  • PJ Harvey
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Shirley Manson
  • Sleater-Kinney
  • Susan Tedeschi
  • Amy Winehouse
  • Amy Lee
  • Karen O
  • Grace Potter
  • St. Vincent
  • Hayley Williams
  • Brittany Howard.
Review by Library Journal Review

Ochs (The Bruce Springsteen Vault; host of Freewheelin' on Sirius XM) selects 50 of the "fiercest" female rock and roll performers to represent a wide variety of styles-some with roots in gospel, ballad, and blues, and others from the worlds of riot grrrls and punk. Ochs includes early forerunners-Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Mama Thornton-and more recent names such as Grace Potter and Brittany Howard. There are established headliners-the late Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Janis Joplin, and Carole King-as well as those not as immediately recognizable: Exene Cervenka, Poison Ivy, and Karen O. Succinct, but rich biographies highlight the women's stories, defining musical style, major hits, and performance career as well as their influence within the larger cultural scene. These eclectic narratives are crisp, absorbing, and well structured and accompanied by scores of excellent photos-all designed in an eye-catching format. VERDICT A must for rock and roll and women's studies enthusiasts. It will also appeal to those who wish to become better acquainted with the genre and the women who were a force in its development.-Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, NJ © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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