Annie Lennox Ann Lennox OBE (born December 25, 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983…
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Women Music March 2021 – Day 5 – Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick, née Warrick, (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is one…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 4 – Jessi Colter
Mirriam Johnson (born May 25, 1943), known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaborations with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit “I’m Not Lisa“. Colter was one of the few female artists to emerge from the…
k.d. lang — Women Music March 2021 – Day 3
k. d. lang Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs “Constant Craving” and “Miss Chatelaine“. A mezzo-soprano, lang has…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 2 – Tori Amos
Tori Amos Myra Ellen “Tori” Amos (born August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest…
Women Music March 2021 — Day 1 — Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash Last year I decided to cover one female musical artist every day in the month of March. I decided to do it again this year. If you want to take a look at the artists I covered last year, go to the bottom of my blog’s main page and find the tag, Women…
Music that Strikes a Chord — Them Crooked Vultures
I have to thank Steve for the Deaf for making me aware of this group. Dave Grohl on drums (from Foo Fighters and Nirvana) John Paul Jones — yes, that one! — on bass, Josh Homme on guitar and vocals (from Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss) and Alain Johannes on live performances. These…
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