Women Music March 2024 – Day 31 – Exene Cervenka

Exene Cervenka I don’t want to change the way I write my songs, I like the way I write my songs, so I keep ’em the same. I’d like to write more country songs, but other than that, I’m pretty good where I am. ~ Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (nee Christene Lee Cervenka) (b. 2/1/56)…

Women Music March 2024 – Day 30 – Ronnie Gilbert

Ronnie Gilbert 2006 Songs are dangerous, songs are subversive and can change your life. — said at the age of 10, after hearing Paul Robeson sing for the first time Ronnie Gilbert and The Weavers in 1950 Ruth Alice “Ronnie” Gilbert (b. 9/7/1926 – d. 6/6/2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress, and political…

Women Music March 2024 – Day 29 – Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images People ask me if I ever get tired of singing that song and I go, ‘Hell, no!’” she says. “Who knows why people all over the world are so attracted to a goofy little song about a camel. But they are and, to this day, I…

Women Music March 2024 – Day 28 – Tracy Nelson

Tracy Nelson I do a little country music. And a little bit of jazz. A lot of blues and a lot of R&B. There’s no one slot that any of it fits into. So that of course works against you. Tracy Nelson (b. 12/27/44) is an American country and blues singer. She has been involved…

#FF — Imelda’s Surprise Part 2

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson What Constable Willow hasn’t told Old Hilda is that a man is dead and that her employers are suspects. Last June, Gecko opened a dance hall at the old church. Most of the religious in this backwater remain aghast at sullying sacred ground, no matter that the congregation abandoned the…

Women Music March 2024 – Day 27 – Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor,photo by Danny North(who is a friggin’ awesome photographer) The other day I was down by the Hudson River, and I see two nuns in full habit rollerblading down the street holding hands. And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I get it. The world is surreal and beautiful. And everything is fine.’ — Regina…

Women Music March 2024 – Day 26 – “Mama” Cass Elliot

“Mama” Cass Elliot from quotefancy Ellen Naomi Cohen (b. 9/19/41) was known professionally as Cass Elliot and was an American singer. She was also known as “Mama Cass,” but she reportedly hated the name. She was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, Elliot released five…