Reading About Rock

I have a friend who loves music. I asked her where to look to learn more about rock, and she gave me this list of books:

“The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection”

“Rock She Wrote” by Ann Powers

“She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop & Soul” by Lucy O’Brien

“Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday” by Angela Y. Davis

“Girls Rock! Fifty Years of Women Making Music” by Mina Carson, Tisa Lewis and Susan M. Shaw

“Electric Ladyland: Women And Rock Culture” by Lisa Rhodes

“The Lost Women of Rock Music” by Helen Reddington

“Hip Hop Divas” by Vibe Magazine

“Women and Popular Music: Sexuality, Identity and Subjectivity” by Sheila Whiteley

“Finding Her Voice: The Illustrated History of Women in Country Music”