Name: Why Solange Matters
Brand: Stephanie Phillips

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Bonus disc: No

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9780571368983SIGNED

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Discs

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: Yes

Format Books GB

Hardback

Format detail

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: Yes

Supplier GB

Faber

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9780571368983

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Artist

Stephanie Phillips

Genre GB

Music

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Faber and Faber

Books Of The Year - 2021

<a href="http://blog.roughtrade.com/uk-books-of-the-year-2021">Rough Trade Books of the Year #13</a>

The dramatic story of a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister Beyonce, 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.

In Why Solange Matters, Stephanie Phillips chronicles the creative journey of Solange, a beloved voice for 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, A Seat at the Table, redefined her career. Then, with A Seat at the Table and 2019's When I Get Home, Phillips describes how Solange has embraced activism, anger, Black womanhood, and<br>intergenerational trauma to inform her remarkable art.

Stephanie Phillips is a London-based music journalist and musician who writes for the Independent, The Quietus, Vice, Bandcamp and The Wire. She started the Black feminist punk band Big Joanie and played backup for Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney. She is also part of the collective behind Decolonise Fest, a festival celebrating punks of colour. Why Solange Matters not only cements the subject in the pantheon of world- changing twenty-first century musicians; it introduces its writer as an important new voice.

Why Solange Matters

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