{"product_id":"9780571368983-why-solange-matters","title":"Why Solange Matters","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dramatic story of a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ROUGH TRADE, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCLASH\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Why Solange Matters \u003c\/i\u003eis a significant and sober treatise on popular music . This book is more than necessary.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHURSTON MOORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The author's prose sparkles . This is a book about what freedom could look like for Black women.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCALEB AZUMAH NELSON, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Invigorating . much more than a dry thesis and at times something nearer to personal reverie.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN PENMAN, \u003ci\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A love letter to quirkly black creatives . [Phillips'] vibrant writing reminds us how Solange lit \"the flame of creativity\" within many Black women.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003egal-dem\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Beyoncé, and defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange Knowles has become a pivotal musician and artist in her own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhy Solange Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephanie Phillips chronicles the creative journey of Solange, a beloved voice of the Black Lives Matter generation. A Black feminist punk musician herself, Phillips addresses not only the unpredictable trajectory of Solange's career but also how she and other Black women see themselves through the musician's repertoire. First, she traces Solange's progress through an inflexible industry, charting the artist's development up to 2016, when the release of her third album,\u003ci\u003e A Seat at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e, redefined her career. With this record and, then, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Get Home \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), Phillips describes how Solange has embraced activism, anger, Black womanhood and intergenerational trauma to inform her remarkable art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Solange Matters\u003c\/i\u003e not only cements the subject in the pantheon of world-changing twenty-first-century musicians, it introduces its writer as an important new voice.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMUSIC MATTERS: SHORT BOOKS ABOUT THE ARTISTS WE LOVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eWhy Solange Matters\u003c\/i\u003e by Stephanie Phillips\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eWhy Marianne Faithfull Matters \u003c\/i\u003eby Tanya Pearson\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eWhy Karen Carpenter Matters \u003c\/i\u003eby Karen Tongson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451366257014,"sku":"9780571368983","price":9.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40028704_c513bcde-86d3-4fec-8026-e3c38f81e142.jpg?v=1771484026","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571368983-why-solange-matters","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}