Judy Collins, 2008, photo by Bryan Ledgard Judith Marjorie Collins (5/1/39) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. She is a Grammy Award-winning artist known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards), for…
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Women Music March 2022 – Day 4 – Lzzy Hale of Halestorm
Lzzy in 2019, image by Sven Mandel Elizabeth Mae “Lzzy” Hale (born 10/10/83) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of hard rock band Halestorm, which she co-founded with her brother Arejay Hale in 1997. The siblings have been actively writing and performing original…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 3 – Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless
Taylor Momsen live on Warped Tour kickoff, 2010 music is where I can be me –Taylor Momsen Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. Momsen has been the front woman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless since their inception in 2009. In March 2009,…
The Brit Box, Disc 2, Track 3, “Only Shallow,” by My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine My Bloody Valentine are an Irish-English rock band formed in Dublin in 1983. Since 1987, its lineup has consisted of founding members Kevin Shields [who was born in Queens, NY but moved to Dublin at age 6] (vocals, guitar, sampler) and Colm Ó Cíosóig (drums, sampler) with Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar) and…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 2 – Tanya Tagaq
Tanya Tagaq, moers festival 2012, photo by michael hoefner Tanya Tagaq CM (born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island. Tagaq was a popular performer at Canadian folk festivals, such as Folk on…
Women Music March 2022 — Day 1 — Vanessa Collier
Vanessa Collier photo by TrinidadSteve There’s a young lady came onstage with me, I forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was amazing. –Buddy Guy from Vanessa’s website: Those are the words of Buddy Guy in a recent issue of American Blues Scene, describing an impromptu performance with Vanessa…
The Brit Box, Disc 2, Track 2, “Sight of You,” by Pale Saints
Pale Saints Pale Saints were an English alternative rock/shoegazing band formed in 1987 in Leeds by singer-bassist Ian Masters, guitarist Graeme Naysmith and drummer Chris Cooper. The group began as a jangly indie pop band influenced by Primal Scream’s early sound. By the time they recorded their first EP, Barging Into the Presence of God,…
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