Laura Nyro Surries on Down
April 13, 2012 by Michele Kort · 3 Comments
Ten years ago, at the conclusion of my biography of the extraordinarily influential singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, I wrote, Unfortunately, Nyro … continues to be overlooked in places where she ...Read More
The Politicians and the Pagans: Catching Up With Dar Williams
April 10, 2012 by Melissa Bounty · 5 Comments
You may remember intellectual-folk queen Dar Williams for her queer-acceptance Christmas carol The Christians and the Pagans, a 1990s mix-tape staple. Although singer-songwriters strumming guitars ...Read More
How Does Nicki Minaj Influence Black Girls? Ask Them.
March 27, 2012 by Oneka LaBennett · 13 Comments
Nicki Minaj is poised to make a splash with her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, on April 3. After head-turning appearances at the Grammys and the NBA All-Star Game and with Madonna at ...Read More
Madonna and You
March 21, 2012 by Lori Kozlowski · 6 Comments
As female pop icons go, perhaps no one has inspired the amount of written reflection, academic and personal, as Madonna Ciccone. Still to-the-minute relevant at 53, she recently starred in her own ...Read More
Future of Feminism: Music To Our Ears
March 7, 2012 by Avital Norman Nathman · 5 Comments
For every little girl who grew up fantasizing of becoming a fairytale princess, there was another who dreamed of being a rock ‘n’ roll queen. Thankfully, there are organizations popping ...Read More
Girl in a Coma Rocks to Its Own Beat (And Causes)
January 31, 2012 by Nicole Guidotti-Hernández · 2 Comments
The impact of homegrown, San Antonio-based, all-woman band Girl in a Coma stretches far beyond the borders of Texas. Its fourth album Exits and All the Rest, recently named to NPR’s 50 best of ...Read More
10 Great Albums of 2011 That Happen to Have Been Made by Women
December 20, 2011 by Lindsay Zoladz · 3 Comments
Almost anywhere you looked, 2011 seemed like a banner year for women in music. Remember how exciting it was when the immensely talented Esperanza Spalding pissed off all those Justin Bieber fans and ...Read More
Sudanese Women Singers Assert Themselves With “Girls’ Music”
October 28, 2011 by Diallo Hall · 1 Comment
In one of my favorite songs by Afrobeat progenitor Fela Kuti, he exclaims: If you call am woman African woman no go ‘gree She go say I be Lady o Fela is recounting the age-old resistance by African ...Read More
Feminists, We’re Calling You: Support the New Kathleen Hanna Documentary!
September 29, 2011 by Cortney Rock · 1 Comment
Ok, you can find video of Kathleen Hanna singing with her bands all over the web, and she pops up here and there in films, but why hasn’t there actually been a full-length documentary devoted ...Read More
Loaded Guns, Loaded Metaphors: Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video
June 3, 2011 by Janell Hobson · 6 Comments
Rihanna has a genius for controversy. As soon as the music video for her latest single, “Man Down,” premiered this week on BET’s 106 & Park, it created an instant backlash ...Read More
