I got thunder

Description:

"In this often fascinating, nostalgic, and thoroughly moving collection of twenty 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."--Jacket.

subjects: Women composers, Black,  Popular music,  African American women composers,  Interviews,  Writing and publishing,  Black Women composers,  African American women singers,  Women composers,  Blacks, music