International Women's Week at WMBR Celebrating women in music with focus on Irma Thomas, Kim Deal and music from Australia // Additional discographical, biographical information by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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This oft-covered song (11 versions have made the singles charts) was her first successful songwriting effort - see Link above, scroll down to see names of artists
Live at Universal Amphitheatre, LA, CA, Aug 14-17th, 1974 -originally on the 'Blue' LP // In 2011, this song was voted the "No. 1 female song" by listeners of BBC Radio 4's show "Desert Island Discs"
Broadcast on the John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977 / LP version: on "Cut", Sept 1979 - in 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 260 in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
... Formed in the Bronx in 1978 by sisters Renee, Valerie, and Marie Scroggins, all three of them sing and play percussion. Sister Deborah later joined on bass. Click on Link above for an in-depth article on ESG
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The next set is ENTIRELY Australian female artists:
... Formed in the Bronx in 1978 by sisters Renee, Valerie, and Marie Scroggins, all three of them sing and play percussion. Sister Deborah later joined on bass. Click on Link above for an in-depth article on ESG
An all-female group led by Carrie Brownstein, formed in 1994; went on "hiatus" in 2006, but reformed in 2014. // Album cover is an _exact_ replica of The Kinks "The Kink Kontroversy" front cover (except the three members on the top, instead of the Kinks' four), click on the Link above to view
... This album was formed as a side project for Kim Deal when in The Pixies, but the Breeders quickly became her main gig // In 2003, Pitchfork listed the album at number 64 on their list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s".
... Formed in the Bronx in 1978 by sisters Renee, Valerie, and Marie Scroggins, all three of them sing and play percussion. Sister Deborah later joined on bass. Click on Link above for an in-depth article on ESG
Featuring Hope Sandoval {Mazzy Star}// This album is an {almost} song-by-song cover version of the Bobby Gentry album "The Delta Sweete" (1968), with "Louisiana man" replaced by "Ode to Billie Joe".
