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FROM ALMEDA TO ZILPHIA IBD

STEPHEN KOCH
ET ALIA PRESS LLC
09 / 2024
9781944528317
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From Almeda To Zilphia: Arkansas Women Who Transformed American Popular Songáprofiles artists whoâÇÖve influenced music around the world in ways weâÇÖre still discovering. Despite their collective cultural impact, these womenâÇÖs stories have too often been overlooked, forgotten, or never told.Part history, part art, and part music, the book features a wide cross-section of inspirational creatives across the decades. With surprises like Maya AngelouâÇÖs side career as a calypso singer and Carrie Cash, who recognized that her son, Johnny, had 'the gift,' From Almeda To Zilphiaácovers a wide variety of musical styles:á> Gospel-Rosetta Tharpe> Opera-Marjorie Lawrence> Blues-Sippie Wallace> Folk Ballads-Almeda Riddle> Dance-Pop -Beth Ditto> Classical-Florence Price, and> Country-K.T. OslinWorking from often hard-to-find historic photographs, vivid portraits by renowned artist Katherine Strause of the women profiled make plain the strength and artistry of these cultural pioneers. With a thoughtful forward by professor Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch and a heart-wrenching afterword by acclaimed country music songwriter Erin Enderlin,áFrom Almeda To Zilphiaáis written by musician and award-winning journalist Stephen Koch, writer and host of the syndicated public radio programáArkansongs.