Author: Lisa or Li

mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.

Women Music March 2024 – Day 24 – Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas.  Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Stringer(click on link to take you to more info on Irma at Grammy Awards website) Irma Thomas (née Lee; b. 2/18/41) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans.” Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but…

Read More

Women Music March 2024 – Day 23 – Malvina Reynolds

Malvina Reynolds from quotefancy Malvina Reynolds (nee Milder) (b. 8/23/1900 – d. 3/17/1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs “Little Boxes”, “What Have They Done to the Rain” and “Morningtown Ride.” Early Life: Malvina was born on on Folsom Street in San Francisco, California, United…

Read More

Women Music March 2024 – Day 22 – Elise Trouw

Elise Trouw People ask me “What genre is your music?” With songs in 5/4 and 7/4, chords that you’d normally find in The Real Book next to “Take Five,” and influences like Radiohead, The Police, and Steely Dan, I’m really not sure what box I fit into- I’ll leave that up to you. My older…

Read More

#FF — Imelda’s Surprise Part 1

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Imelda’s Surprise ::knock knock:: The tall, oak door creaks open a crack. A cloudy wrinkle-encircled eye squints out at the crisply-uniformed figure. “May I help you, Officer?,” whistles Hilda’s voice. “Constable Willow here. May I come in?” asks the new appointee. “Madame is having tea and mustn’t be disturbed. What’s…

Read More

Women Music March 2024 – Day 20 – Bettye LaVette

book cover of Bettye’s memoir.  Follow the link to the book synopsis Instead of using a quote by the artist, I decided to use a quote by one of the greatest voices of all time, describing Bettye’s voice: Wow! I got chills when I listened to Bettye LaVette’s version of Choices. I can only hope…

Read More

Women Music March 2024 – Day 19 – K.Flay

K. Flay image from The Mercury News from 2018 article Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated – curated, contrived, edited. I think that’s a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways….

Read More