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Podcast: New Books in Performing Arts
Episode: Daphne A. Brooks, "Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound" (Harvard UP, 2021)
Description: Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University Press, 2021) by Dr. Daphne Brooks is a lyrical masterpiece that takes readers on an exhilarating journey through a century of Black sound from Bessie Smith to BeyoncĂ©. In writing alongside the sistas who cared for Black women's musicianship like Pauline Hopkins and Janelle MonaĂ©, Brooks casts contemporary performers as archivists, acclaimed writers as sound theorists, record label originators as music critics, and fans as the vital keepers of Black sound. Brooksâ liner notes are a ârequiemâ for the oversight of Black women musicians and their intellect...