Meredith Ochs is an award-winning radio personality, author, musician, photographer, and deejay. She is a host of the acclaimed Sirius XM talk show Freewheelin’, now in its second decade, and is also a contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered. She was the first female editor at Guitar World magazine. Ochs is the author of The Bruce Springsteen Vault and a contributor to the upcoming Woman Walk the Line, about female country stars. She lives in Hoboken, NJ.
“Ochs (The Bruce Springsteen Vault; host of Freewheelin' on Sirius
XM) selects 50 of the ‘fiercest’ female rock and roll performers to
represent a wide variety of styles—some with roots in gospel,
ballad, and blues, and others from the worlds of riot grrrls and
punk. Ochs includes early forerunners—Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big
Mama Thornton—and more recent names such as Grace Potter and
Brittany Howard. There are established headliners—the late Aretha
Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Janis Joplin, and Carole King—as well as
those not as immediately recognizable: Exene Cervenka, Poison Ivy,
and Karen O. Succinct, but rich biographies highlight the women's
stories, defining musical style, major hits, and performance career
as well as their influence within the larger cultural scene. These
eclectic narratives are crisp, absorbing, and well structured and
accompanied by scores of excellent photos—all designed in an
eye-catching format. VERDICT A must for rock and roll and women's
studies enthusiasts. It will also appeal to those who wish to
become better acquainted with the genre and the women who were a
force in its development.”—Library Journal
“Ochs (The Bruce Springsteen Vault; host of Freewheelin' on Sirius
XM) selects 50 of the ‘fiercest’ female rock and roll performers to
represent a wide variety of styles—some with roots in gospel,
ballad, and blues, and others from the worlds of riot grrrls and
punk. Ochs includes early forerunners—Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big
Mama Thornton—and more recent names such as Grace Potter and
Brittany Howard. There are established headliners—the late Aretha
Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Janis Joplin, and Carole King—as well as
those not as immediately recognizable: Exene Cervenka, Poison Ivy,
and Karen O. Succinct, but rich biographies highlight the women's
stories, defining musical style, major hits, and performance career
as well as their influence within the larger cultural scene. These
eclectic narratives are crisp, absorbing, and well structured and
accompanied by scores of excellent photos—all designed in an
eye-catching format. VERDICT A must for rock and roll and women's
studies enthusiasts. It will also appeal to those who wish to
become better acquainted with the genre and the women who were a
force in its development.”—Library Journal
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