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Great music and inspirational women.
That's all.
PJ Harvey.
Poly Styrene
Karen O
banger
as is this - needed a live version
Ah, go on, have some Skin too-
Nina Simone, because... just amazing.
Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band. Needs to be played loud.
Beth Hart:
Great stuff. Can't go without this if you're talking inspiration:
The last all female band I saw was this lot. Grr 😀
Happy to see some Nina. What a classy, intelligent, clever, provocative, humble and incredibly inspirational woman she was. She could sing and play a bit too.
(Strange Fruit)
Before posting I asked Mrs P (herself a singer) what her favourite song by a woman is - and she replied ‘it’s impossible to answer’. So I said
‘just say one then’
‘OK, ‘I love You Porgie’
Feminism, country style
Don't underestimate what a massive deal this song was.
Cate le bon
Billy Eilish
Kim Deal
Kim Gordon
jazz flute anyone?
(quite a band...)
Little Simz
Flohio
Go on then, just one more:
‘OK, ‘I love You Porgie’
Though not written by Nina Simone, or any other woman. It's by George and Ira Gershwin.
As for Nina:
Though not written by Nina Simone, or any other woman. It’s by George and Ira Gershwin.
True, but I still consider it ideal for this playlist and will make my case:
Nina Simone's release of "I Loves You, Porgy" and conversations surrounding black representation were contemporaneous. Sarah Tomlinson claimed "while 'I Loves You, Porgy' was one of eleven tracks on her album, it was the only song that had previously been popularised by black women musicians. The song that launched Simone into the public eye was one that fit audience expectations of black women musicianship." (Wikipedia)
Plus. Nina Simone singing it.
See also Ann Wilson’s performance of ‘Stairway…’
And Patti Smith’s ‘Gloria’
And Sinéad O’Connor singing ‘Nothing Compares 2U’
Some more for the list:
Kate Bush ‘Women Of Ireland’?
And some Wata shredding here methinks
Little Simz yet?
Doublepost
Certainly enjoyed Aretha/Mavis and Etta. Here's Etta singing the same song and featuring The Boogie Man (John Lee Hooker), Carlos Santana with Paul Butterfield on harmonica.
Here's Imelda May:
Have to include the inimitable Janis Joplin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5If816MhoU
Kae Tempest
Pussy Riot
Camille Bigeault
Tracy Chapman
Grace Jones
An all-time favourite artist, at the beginning…
…and later…
Well, why not this rocker:
and this one:
Liz Fraser