women who rock

discovery, recovery, & celebration of great ladies, musical and otherwise

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Legendary singer-songwriter Carole King was so disgusted by Donald Trump, she came out of retirement to write “One” to inspire people to take back our democracy. Read more about it here.

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ACCORDING TO METACRITIC, “LEMONADE” BY BEYONCÉ IS THE MOST ACCLAIMED FEMALE ALBUM OF THE DECADE.

You find the black tube inside her beauty case where she keeps your father’s old prison letters. You desperately want to look like her. You look nothing like your mother. You look everything like your mother. Film star beauty. How to wear your mother’s lipstick. You go to the bathroom to apply your mother’s lipstick. Somewhere no one can find you.

You must wear it like she wears disappointment on her face. Your mother is a woman and women like her cannot be contained. Mother dearest, let me inherit the earth. Teach me how to make him beg. Let me make up for the years he made you wait. Did he bend your reflection? Did he make you forget your own name? Did he convince you he was a god? Did you get on your knees daily? Do his eyes close like doors? Are you a slave to the back of his head?

Am I talking about your husband or your father?

LEMONADE (2016)

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Ronnie Spector: ‘I love #MeToo and Time’s Up – because men’s time is up’

With the Ronettes, Spector helped invent rock’n’roll and made Christmas songs soar – but lived in the shadow of her abusive husband Phil. No

Stellar musician, elder pop goddess, and survivor

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Oprah Is Executive Producer for Documentary About Russell Simmons’ Sexual Assault Accuser: Report

Details here.

Oprah rocks, Simmons must face justice. For too long, the music industry has let these folks slide.

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Linda Ronstadt tells Pompeo he will be loved when he 'stops enabling Trump'

Ronstadt made remark after the secretary of state introduced her with a play on the song at the Kennedy Center Honors dinner

Linda Ronstadt rocks

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The Chorus of #MeToo, and the Women Who Turned Trauma Into Songs

Artists who have released poignant music about their sexual assault and harassment talk about what they’ve learned and what it's like to com

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“I don’t rely on the fact that I’m a black girl playing metal. I just want people to think I’m a great player, not a good black female guitar player. That’s why I’m always trying to perfect my craft. But people do assume that I play bass or I just sing. They are always surprised that I play guitar and write.” - Diamond Rowe

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In the Capital of Electronic Music, Women Rule the Scene

A growing network of booking agencies and community groups have made female artists more visible in Berlin, erasing the boy’s club atmospher

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Kate Nash: '40-year-old men were hanging out with me, happy to profit, not concerned about my health'

Overnight fame in the late-noughties led Nash to a nervous breakdown and bankruptcy. Now, with a documentary capturing that harrowing time a

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Some of the amazing musicians you suggested in the comments of the “Plus Size women in music” post!

Mary Lambert / Eska Mtungwazi / Vula Malinga / Jill Scott / Angie Stone / Ellen Kempner / Cass Elliot / Aretha Franklin

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Destroy Boys opening for Ultra Q in San Francisco

photos by Elizabeth Pastor

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Sheila E. still drumming up new music and hot collabs

Sheila E. might be known for “The Glamorous Life,” but the star percussionist and singer has battled her share of setbacks — including physical injuries. “Last tour, I sprai…

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Sistas with guitars. ❤💔

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Beverly “Guitar” Watkins

Bibi McGill of Suga Mama

Peggy “Lady Bo” Jones

Malina Moye

Andy Allo

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Fatoumata Diawara

Bibi Belatrixx of Queens of Sheba

Divinity Roxx of Suga Mama

Sister Rosetta again!

There’s more here, and some of my favorites– Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, Willa Mae Buckner, and “The Duchess” Norma-Jean Wofford– are definitely worth a listen!

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I’ve seen Fatoumata live and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

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Ali Stroker on Winning the Tony: ‘I Was Meant to Be in This Seat’

The flirtatious Ado Annie of Broadway’s “Oklahoma!” relishes the chance to embody what a disabled performer can accomplish.

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Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: 'We're back. It's intense'

Their songs excoriated rape culture, their motto was ‘girls to the front’ – and they inspired Nirvana’s biggest hit. Now Bikini Kill are bac

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“Aretha Franklin, covers for ill Luciano Pavarotti, to perform “Nessun Dorma”“ From Youtube channel Soul Vault: Aretha Franklin - Nessun Dorma (Live at the 1998 Grammys) What an unexpected and amazing blend of soul and opera Enjoy =) …

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Ida Kelarová, née Ida Bittová (10 February, 1956 Bruntál) is a Czech-Roma singer, musician, and choirmaster, sister of singer and actress Iva Bittová.

She is from a bi-racial family - father Koloman Bitto was a well-known Roma musician, originally from southern Slovakia; mother Lidmila, a kindergarten teacher, came from Slovakia. She spent her childhood in Vrbno pod Pradědem, Prešov and Horní Saliba. She studied at the School of Music in Opava and at the Janáček Conservatory in Brno (she studied piano and cello). Between 1975 and 1982, she acted as an actress and singer at the Theater on a String in Brno. In 1982, she moved to Wales with her husband. In 1985 she went to Denmark, where she started to perform and teach Roma songs. Later she worked in Norway and again in Wales. In 1995 she returned to the Czech Republic. She founded the International School for the Human Voice in Bystré in the Czech-Moravian Highlands. He organizes international workshops, multi-ethnic projects, Gypsy Celebration Roma Festival, and establishes choirs in various countries with the repertoire of Roma songs. 

More here (in Czech)...

Her Romany children's choir Čhavorenge, established 10 years ago, tours the country and cooperates with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. But above all it has given dozens of Romany children a glimpse of a better life and the ambition to make the most of their talents. Chavorenge’s debut album Hej Romale, was recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018.

More on Čhavorenge here...