On this edition of From the Vault we skip back thirty years and listen to a program titled Women’s Wave – an examination of women in the punk, post-punk and new wave musical movements. Produced at KPFA in 1983 by Karen Sundheim and Elaine Jacobs, Women’s Wave includes interviews with female punk group members describing the difficult environment for achieving success in the male-dominated punk scene, and dealing with blowback from more conservative female musicians. Featured music is from bands including The Slits, The Au Pairs, Unknown Gender, Wilma, The Avengers, The Bags, and the Contractions.
From the Vault is presented through the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, past grants from the Grammy Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners.
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