Midlands-based journalist, singer and guitarist in the black feminist punk band Big Joanie and author of the book 'Why Solange Matters', Stephanie Phillips knows her stuff when it comes to music and books. So we were dead excited when she agreed to come on Songbook to talk about Kristin Hersh's memoir 'Rat Girl'.
Whilst chatting about the book Jude and Stephanie manage to cover Destiny’s Child, reading the NME in the noughties, writing teenage diaries, the dreaded 'what's it like being a woman in a band' question and why Stephanie doesn't need or indeed want to play music with men.
A brilliant chat between two brilliant women.
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Why Solange Matters by Stephanie Philips https://bit.ly/3ByoEkM
Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning https://uk.bookshop.org/books/guitar-girl/9780340860717
Paradoxical Undressing [or Rat Girl in the US] by Kristin Hersch https://bit.ly/3oNq1nV
My Rock n Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn https://bit.ly/3OVCwZs
The Raincoats by Jenn Pelly https://bit.ly/3OVOgv1
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus https://bit.ly/3oQNSTM
What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal by Laina Dawes https://bit.ly/3cPVymu
You can buy Jude's book The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-sound-of-being-human-how-music-shapes-our-lives/9781474622929
Finally White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo