Eva Cassidy Eva Marie Cassidy (b. 2/2/63 – d. 11/2/96) was an American singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the…
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Women Music March 2022 – Day 28 – Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson in concert in 2011. Photo by Theresa Sedó I was the first one to put some glamour in the country music –Wanda Jackson Before getting into my own post on Wanda, I want to share this fine post that Max, from Power Pop Blog, put together about Wanda. Wanda LaVonne Jackson (b. 10/20/37)…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 27 – Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand 1965 Barbara Joan Streisand (b. 4/24/42,) known professionally as Barbra Streisand, is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Streisand began her career by…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 26 – Potty Mouth (Ally Einbinder, Phoebe Harris, Abby Weems, Victoria Mandanas, and also later Ali Donohue for 2014; and Kate Meizner as “touring musician”)
Potty Mouth. photo from The Fader Slapping the riot grrrl label on us just because we happen to be women playing a type of music that happens to be reminiscent of another era in time seems like a lazy conflation. — Ally Einbinder Potty Mouth was an American pop rock band, formed in Western Massachusetts,…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 25 – Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin, From Wash D.C 1995 “earth day “photo by John Mathew Smith For $30 I played four 45-minute sets. –Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (b. Shawna Lee Colvin on 1/10/56,) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1998 Grammy Award-winning…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 24 – Alice Merton
Alice Merton at Southside Festival 2019. photo by Mr. Rossi Alice Merton (b. 9/13/93) is a German-Irish singer and songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, “No Roots.” She was born in Frankfurt, Germany to a German mother and an Irish-born father. Merton’s family moved frequently due to her father’s job as a…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 23 – Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; b. 5/5/42 – d. 4/6/98) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician and was one of country music’s best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers during the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s. Wynette was called the “First Lady of Country Music”, and her best-known…
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