Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; b. 7/17/50 – d. 4/26/11) was born in New York City and raised in a musical household in which Delta blues, Broadway show tunes, Dixieland jazz, classical music, and folk music recordings were played around the clock. Her father, Merrill Laub, an exterminator by trade, had an…
Category: Women Music March 2022
Women Music March 2022 – Day 11 – Courtney Love by Guest Writer, Steve for the Deaf
Today’s post is written by the most excellent music maven, author, and lover of good music, Steve for the Deaf. Steve has chosen to write about Courtney Love. Thanks so much, Steve, for writing and hope this is the first of many. Take it away, Steve! Discography: With Hole : Pretty On The Inside…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 10 – Tina Turner
Tina Turner 2009 50th Anniversary Tour. Photo by Philip Spittle Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter and actress. Widely referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 9 – Odetta
Odetta Odetta Holmes (b. 12/31/30 – d. 12/2/08,) known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement“. Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 8 – Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls, image from The Times Free Press Just an FYI, I am suspending The Second British Music Invasion Series until Women’s Music March is over. It will be re-commencing on Tuesday, April 5. Thank you for your patience. Now on to the Incredible Indigo Girls! Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 7 – Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie, wikipedia commons image, no date listed Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the “Mother of Folk”. In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 6 – Joan Baez
Joan Baez in NYC in 2016, photo taken by Jim Gilbert Social justice is the true core of my life, looming larger than music. –Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (born 1/9/41) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. She is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture…
Tao Talk 