Adele Bertei "Why Labelle Matters" Book (2021)

Details: Adele Bertei "Why LaBelle Matters" (Music Matters Series) Book (2021, University of Texas Press). 0.7" H x 6.9" L x 5.0" W, 208 pages. New stock.  Description: "Crafting a legacy all their own, the reinvented Labelle subverted the "girl group" aesthetic to invoke the act's Afrofuturist spirit and make manifest their vision of Black womanhood." Grade: M (new stock) Full Description: "Performing as the Bluebelles in the 1960s, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash wore bouffant wigs and chiffon dresses, and they harmonized vocals like many other girl groups of the era. After a decade on the Chitlin Circuit, however, they were ready to write their own material, change their name, and deliver--as Labelle--an electrifyingly celestial sound and styling that reached a crescendo with a legendary performance at the Metropolitan Opera House to celebrate the release of Nightbirds and its most well-known track, "Lady Marmalade." In Why Labelle Matters, Adele Bertei tells the story o