How Long to Read Blackbird

How Long Does it Take to Read Blackbird?

It takes the average reader to read Blackbird by Katie Kapurch

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From the beginning, the Beatles announced their debt to Black music in interviews, recording covers and original songs inspired by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, and other giants of R&B. Blackbird goes deeper, appreciating unacknowledged forerunners, as well as Black artists whose interpretations keep the Beatles in play. Drawing on interviews with Black musicians and using the song "Blackbird" as a touchstone, Katie Kapurch and Jon Marc Smith tell a new history. They present unheard stories and resituate old ones, offering the phrase "transatlantic flight" to characterize a back-and-forth dialogue shaped by Black musicians in the United States and elsewhere, including Liverpool. Kapurch and Smith find a lineage that reaches back to the very origins of American popular music, one that involves the original twentieth-century blackbird, Florence Mills, and King of the Twelve String, Lead Belly. Continuing the circular flightpath with Nina Simone, Billy Preston, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Sylvester, and others, the authors take readers into the twenty-first century, when Black artists like Bettye LaVette harness the Beatles for today. Detailed, thoughtful, and revelatory, Blackbird explores musical and storytelling legacies full of rich but contested symbolism. Appealing to those interested in developing a deep understanding of the evolution of popular music, this book promises that you'll never hear "Blackbird"--and the Beatles--the same way again.

How long is Blackbird?

Blackbird by Katie Kapurch is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Blackbird Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Blackbird aloud.

What Reading Level is Blackbird?

Blackbird is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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