Sheila Chandra Sheila Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is a retired English pop singer of Indian descent. As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon with Steve Coe (who became the band’s producer) and bassist Martin Smith. Monsoon created a fusion of Western and Indian pop styles. The band recorded its only album, Third Eye,…
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Women Music March 2021 – Day 11 – Solange
Solange Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, performance artist, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child, which featured her elder sister, Beyoncé Knowles, among its members, before signing with her father…
Thursday Morning Music — Flexadecibel
Flexadecibel Flexadecibel is a West MI band that has such incredible sound. I’ve seen these guys in concert many times and have loved them every time. They get the blood circulating and the groove going. This is a clip from their livestream last week that I unfortunately didn’t see. Very glad they decided to post…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 10 – Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band, on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. While a sophomore in college at Southeastern Oklahoma…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 9 – Oumou Sangare
Sangare’ in Madrid, Spain in 2018 Oumou Sangaré (born 25th February, 1968) is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as “The Songbird of Wassoulou”. Wassoulou is a historical region south of the Niger River, where the music descends from age-old traditional song, often accompanied by a calabash, which is a musical instrument…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 8 – Kim Deal
Kim Deal Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter. She was bassist and co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989. Deal joined Pixies in January 1986, adopting the stage name Mrs. John Murphy for the albums Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. Following Doolittle and…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 7 – Fran
Maria Jacobson from Fran Fran is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Frontwoman Maria Jacobson grew up interested in musical theater, however, became “fed up” with it while attending college. While in college, Jacobson purchased a guitar for herself to learn how to play while working at a repertory theater. After graduating from…
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