Feminist Music Then and Now

Apr 30 2010 - Feminist Music April 23, 2010

Feminist Music Then & Now will be back in the Fall with more great Women's Music. If you know a singer/songwriter you'd like us to play, send me a line at . Thanks for listening.

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Mar 10 2010 - Feminist Music - March 5 2010

IWD Show -

This International Women's Day show included, of course, Holly Near to start and Judy Collin's version of "Bread and Roses" to end the show with a flourish. In between, I played BC singer/songwriters including Miss Quincy singing "Bootleg Mama"; Wells BC singer/songwriter Yael Wand with "Come Spring"; and Vancouver's Euphoniously Feminist Non-Performing Quintet's "Diversity" ; from away, Anne Louise Genest sang "Paradise Road", Judy Small sang "Music in the Movement"; Iris DeMent sang "Wasteland of the Free"; and Mother sand "Ancient Mother". I played 2 Connie Kaldor songs, "God Made Mamas to Cry" and "Up Above the Dream Cafe"; and my newest musical heart throb, Cheryl Wheeler, sang "Northern Girl".

I also plugged all the IWD events that went on during the week-end, which raised dollars and our spirits for the struggles still to come.

Feb 05 2010 - Feminist Music - Feb 5 2010

Played on today's Bonnie's Birthday show: Ferron, Farmer's Daughters, Joan Osborne, Emma Cook, Ashlea Jonesmith, Judy Small, and Holly Near. Yes, I'm 64 and counting. There's room on the show for more new (and new to me) women singer/songwriters, like Emma Cook and Ashlea Jonesmith, Kimya Dawson and Jane Sapp. I'm always open to suggestions for the Now part of the show, and I'm finding that even the Then part can have openings for me to discover. My feminist music comes from the 1970s, when there was lots of new, political music being produced by women at Redwood Records and Olivia Records. But there were women singing about their lives before that, and there are women singing about their lives now, and it's been a real treat to hear them. Hope you think so too.