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From KQED.

From KQED, public radio in San Francisco, I'm Ariana Prail.

In her new book, Liner Notes for the Revolution, cultural critic Daphne Brooks explores the black women artists that were major influences on American music and culture.

Brooks uncovers the racial politics at play in the recording studio on stage and in the reviews of everything from blues to rock and roll

and gives a number of pivotal under-acknowledged black women their due.

Daphne Brooks, who is a professor of African-American studies at Yale University,

joins us to share her take on the legacy and enduring impact of the black female musician.

That's all next after this news.

They don't love you like I love you. the black female musician. That's all next after this news.

They don't love you like I love you. Oh, don't. Something don't feel right because it ain't right, especially coming up after midnight. I smell your secrets and I'm not too

perfect to ever feel this worthless.

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