women musicians

Presents hundreds of alphabetized entries on topics related to women in various genres of twentieth-century American music, including over four hundred short biographies. Also contains a chronology and a bibliography.

Chronicles the life of rock star Melissa Etheridge, and discusses how she was discovered, how she decided to have children with her lesbian partner, how she has affected the development of rock music, and other related topics.

Henry Shaw, a high school senior from an average upper-middle-class Chicago family, discovers that his mother, a pianist, is having an affair when he accidentally reads her E-mail.

A mysterious drifter named Axel Heyst rescues a troubled girl from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies, unaware they are being followed by three intruders who will bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory.

Patty Taylor, singer in a traveling jazz/blues band, struggles to live her own life free of two negative forces: her alcoholic, emotionally abusive mother and the father of her two-year-old son, whom she once genuinely loved, who once saved her from her mother, and who has just been released from prison.

Presents brief biographies of five prominent women in the field of music. Includes conductor Antonia Brico, opera stars Beverly Sills and Leontyne Price, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, and violinist Dylana Jenson. Other outstanding women in music are listed in the appendix.

Portraits of five African American women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.

Discusses the impact of women performers on pop music, and examines the lives and achievements of Tina Turner, Cher, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Shania Twain, and Lauryn Hill.