Eileen M. Hayes is an associate professor of music and the chair of the division of music history, theory, and ethnomusicology at the University of North Texas. She is the coeditor of Black Women and Music: More than the Blues.

"Written with candor and humor, Hayes's study models a welcome, crucial, and decisive turn in scholarship on women's music.  Recommended."--Choice"This is the book we've been waiting for. Hayes provides valuable interrogations of the internal and external politics around race, gender, sexuality, culture, and the formations of black feminist consciousness that can make or break a social movement." --Kimberly Springer, author of Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968–1980 "Exhibiting multiple sites of influence and authorities, the first chapter, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman Festigoer,' is one of the most engaging ethnographies I have read. Who can resist a scholar who isn't afraid to talk about serious matters via one of the highest forms of intelligence: humor?"--Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop

• ContentsFOREWORD by Linda TilleryINTRODUCTION1. Diary of a Mad Black Woman Festigoer2. Reconnaissance: Entering a Music Festival Scene3. After the Golden Age: Negotiating Perspective4. Nappy (and Deep) Roots: Streams of Musical and Political Influence5. "Ideal Relationships": Women's Music Audiences6. Redistricting: Gay and Black Outdoors7. Legacy: Musicians of the Next Generation8. Working for the Weekend: Festival Organizers and Workers9. Guys like Us: Community Membership RevisitedCONCLUSIONDREAMGIRLS: A STAR-GAZER'S GUIDE TO MUSICIANSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTESDISCOGRAPHY OF BLACK MUSICIANS IN WOMEN'S MUSICBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX