Aurora Metro Press 50 women in the blues, hardcover/zoe howe

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Description 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 windy city, Chicago, to becoming the global musical movement it is today.

Includes: Ma Rainey Shemekia Copeland Rosetta Tharpe Mavis Staples Etta James Janis Joplin Bonnie Raitt Susan Tedeschi Big Mama Thornton Koko Taylor Bessie Smith Kyla Brox and many more.

Written by acclaimed music writer Zoe Howe, compiled by celebrated African-American blues singer Kat Pearson and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, 2014, Jennifer Noble, and featuring exclusive color photos from Noble's fascinating collection.

Annotation Featuring exclusive color photos from Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Noble, this book gives an overview of the early days of the blues and its development from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, to becoming the global musical movement it is today About the Author 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'.

Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee 2014 and the Director of Photography for the Chicago Blues Guide, Jennifer Noble has been photographing legendary blues a.