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Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
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Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of FameWinner of the American Book Award, Before Columbus FoundationWinner of the PEN OaklandJosephine Miles AwardWinner of the MAAH Stone Book AwardA Pitchfork Best Music Book of the YearA Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the YearBrooks traces all kinds of lines, finding unexpected points of connectioninviting voices to talk to one another, seeing what different perspectives can offer, opening up new ways of looking and listening by tracing lineages and calling for more space.New York TimesAn awardwinning Black feminist music critic takes us on an epic journey through radical sound from Bessie Smith to Beyonc.Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyonc exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry?Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on these acclaimed figuresa perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women concerned with the work of their musical peers. Zora Neale Hurston appears as a sound archivist and a performer, Lorraine Hansberry as a queer Black feminist critic of modern culture, and Pauline Hopkins as Americas first Black female cultural commentator. Brooks tackles the complicated racial politics of blues music recording, song collecting, and rock and roll criticism. She makes lyrical forays into the blues pioneers Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith, as well as fans who became critics, like the recordlabel entrepreneur and writer Rosetta Reitz. In the twentyfirst century, pop superstar Janelle Monaes liner notes are recognized for their innovations, while celebrated singers Ccile McLorin Salvant, Rhiannon Giddens, and Valerie June take their place as cultural historians.With an innovative perspective on the story of Black women in popular musicand who should rightly tell itLiner Notes for the Revolution pioneers a long overdue recognition and celebration of Black women musicians as radical intellectuals.
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