Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock on How Women Made Music
in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed
Host Jo Reed talks with Ann Powers, critic and correspondent for NPR Music, and editor Alison Fensterstock about collaborating on How Women Made Music, AudioFile’s spring Audiobook Club Pick. A mosaic of essays with archival recordings of the artists, How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music is an Earphones Award winner and was one of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2024. Alison and Ann talk about the origins of this vibrant and ambitious project, the use of archival audio, what this recentering reveals about music history, and more.
Read our review of the audiobook at our website.
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