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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
FINAL Day to Apply for a MEOW Con Showcase
Today is your very last chance to apply to perform at MEOW Con. The upcoming gathering of the tribes takes place October 24-26 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin and includes a keynote speech by Suzi Quatro, a dinner honoring Suzi Quatro (separate cost), networking opportunities, panels, workshops, films, showcases and much, much more. MEOW [...]
Piano Prodigy Emily Bear Releases Original Album
Emily Bear, an 11-year-old piano prodigy, will release Diversity, an album of all-original material on May 7th. Produced by her manager, Quincy Jones, the album will feature 13 of Bear’s original compositions performed with a jazz trio. At age 6, Bear made a splash on the “Ellen DeGeneres show” and has since appeared five more times. [...]
Michelle Shocked Creates a Pop Up Tour of Her Own
Ever since her entire tour was canceled, following an on-stage fail of epic proportions, Michelle Shocked has been popping up at cities she had been booked at, staging something that resembles a protest. Sort of. Thursday night, Shocked sat outside the Alberta Rose Theater in Portland where her previously scheduled performance had been replaced with [...]
Chrissy Amphlett of The Divinyls Dies at 53
Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of Australian band The Divinyls, died in her sleep yesterday, surrounded by friends and family, losing a long battle with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. She was 53. “Chrissy’s light burns so very brightly,” her husband, former Divinyls drummer Charley Drayton said in a statement posted on the Australian Recording Industry [...]
Congrats! Heart Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Heart performed “Crazy on You” with their original line-up (Roger Fisher, Howard Leese and Mike Derosier) last night as part of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They also played “Barracuda” with Seattle guitarists Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Jerry Cantrell as well as “Dreamboat Annie” as a duo. The [...]
