The Linda Lindas (l.-r. Lucia, Mila, Eloise, and Bela) The Linda Lindas are a rock band from Los Angeles. The all-girl group comprises Bela Salazar (guitarist/vocalist,) Eloise Wong (bassist/vocalist,) Lucia de la Garza (guitarist/vocalist,) and Mila de la Garza (drummer/vocalist.) In January 2018, Eloise Wong’s father Martin Wong was contacted by an acquaintance, asking if…
Category: Women Music March 2023
Women Music March 2023 – Day 11 – Melissa Aldana
Melissa Aldana photograph by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz For some reason it always natural to be a bandleader,” she said. I didn’t get to play with the elders as much as I would have liked. But I thought by having good gigs and hiring people who play better…
Black Belt Eagle Scout: “Spaces” — Turtle Talk — Day 10 Part 2
Add in for Women Music March 2023. Katherine Paul from Black Belt Eagle Scout. Will feature her more fully in another year. To learn more about her for now, go here.
Women Music March 2023 – Day 10 – Flora Purim
Flora Purim photo by Lindy Pollard Flora Purim (b. 3/6/42) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa,…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 9 – Buffy Sainte Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie played the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights on June 24, 2009 image link Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (b. Beverly Sainte-Marie on 2/20/41) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 8 – Nicole Atkins
Nicole Atkins performs at La Zona Rosa during SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 18, 2010 Nicole Atkins (b. 10/1/78) is an American singer-songwriter. Her influences include 1950s crooner music, 1960s psychedelia, soul music, and the Brill Building style of writing. Atkins has been compared to Roy Orbison and singers from the Brill Building era….
Women Music March 2023 – Day 7 – Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (b. 5/30/32 – d. 11/24/16) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She taught music at Mills College, the University…
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