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Kathy Valentine To Speak at MEOW Con
Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women (aka MEOW) is proud to announce that Kathy Valentine will be the Saturday Keynote Speaker at MEOW Con, the conference for women in music. The inaugural MEOW Con will be held in Austin, Texas at the Renaissance Hotel from October 24-26. Valentine will address the crowd on the morning of Saturday, [...]
Video of the Day: Monae and Badu Duet on QUEEN
Here’s something to get your Monday moving – double diva girl power with Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu.
Womens Music Summit Announces Lineup
The Women’s Music Summit, produced by the Women’s International Music Network, has announced four of this year’s guest artists – Jennifer Batten, Mindy Abair, Starr Parodi and Leanne Summers. The Summit, now in its second year, is offering a $75 discount to anyone who registers in the month of May and will feature musical instruction, [...]
Feminist or Not? A Tale of Two Beyonces
Beyoncé Knowles is obviously one of the most powerful women in music. But is she a feminist? That is what the blog-o-sphere wants to know. Queen Bey hasn’t exactly embraced the term, but – surprise – she’s on the current cover of the magazine that invented feminism, Ms. So is she – or isn’t she? Although [...]
Abercrombie CEO Hates Ugly and Fat Chicks
Mike Jeffries, CEO of Ambercrombie and Fitch, has come under fire for his corporate policy of only offering small-sized clothes for women at his store and his accompanying comments that he only wants the fairest (thinnest) of them all as customers. While A&F competitors H&M and American Eagle offer XXL sizes for both men and [...]
Breeders Celebrate Last Splash Anniversary
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since The Breeders burst onto the scene with their song, “Cannonball.” To celebrate this anniversary, the band has released a new box set and are beginning a tour of the US, Europe and Australia including several festival appearances at Bumbershoot, Pitchfork and Hopscotch. And last night they absolutely [...]
ACL Fest Announces 2013 Line-Up
Austin City Limits Festival announced its 2013 line-up yesterday. This year the eleven-year-old music festival expands from one to two weekends, taking place October 4-6 and 11-13. Isn’t until the 24th name on the bill that you find a female artist out of 130 on one of the eight stages – Grimes – in the [...]
Twenty Feet from Stardom Hits Theaters in June
We can’t wait until June 14th. That’s when Twenty Feet from Stardom is officially released. The film, which has already shown at SXSW and Sundance, follows four back-up singers: Judith Hill (currently on “The Voice”), Merry Clayton, Darlene Love (a legend in her own right) and Lisa Fischer. Twenty Feet from Stardom traces the backup singers’ [...]
SF MusicTech Summit Celebrates Lucky Thirteen
The San Francisco MusicTech Summit will present its 13th conference Tuesday, May 28th from 9:00AM to 6:00PM at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. The Summit brings together over 1,000 visionaries in the music/technology space: developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. The Summit is an [...]
Still Corners Support Chvrches On Tour
London-based duo Still Corners have just been added as direct support to Glaswegian band Chvrches’ North American headlining tour, which currently begins May 28th in Portland, OR at Wonder Ballroom and ends on June 23rd in Philadelphia, PA at Union Transfer. In lieu of this new tour, Still Corners’ US and Canadian dates for May and June [...]
