Soul Covers: Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity Veggies black with black and white

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A book edited by Xavier Zinn

"Because you're mine

Get as a gift for a love one and say to them

This trippy 16"x20" canvas painting was created by local artist Breanna Hendon

Soul Covers: Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity Veggies black with black and whiteA book by Michael Awkward; three very different performers Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Phoebe Snow all used cover songs to negotiate questions of artistic, racial and personal authenticity. This is a story about how all three of them cultivated their own authentic identity by taking up songs associated with those they've been influenced by.