Description
A comprehensive look at Living Colour and the timelessness (and timeliness) of the album in 2020 given its critical engagement with racism, classism, police brutality, and our (even then) dire environmental crisis.
About the Author
Kimberly Mack is Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is the author of Fictional Blues: Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White (2020), which won the 2021 College English Association of Ohio's Nancy Dasher Award. She is also a music critic and memoirist who has written for publications including Longreads, Music Connection, No Depression, Relix, PopMatters, and Hot Press.
Reviews
[A] satisfying addition to Bloombsury's 33 1/3 series. . . . Mack helpfully shines a light on a still-excellent album and band that have all too often been overlooked. * PopMatters *
Expansive. . . . Mack digs deep into Living Colour's history as a band while fleshing out their story with some crucial historical and personal context. * Okayplayer *
[Mack's] academic prowess and ability to finely tune the history of Black rock music makes the book an informative and exciting read, as she traverses through the contemporary sound of rock music. * New York Amsterdam News *
Book Information
ISBN 9781501377518
Author Professor or Dr. Kimberly Mack
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc