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American Women -- Music and musicians

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PRA Archive # Title Description Keywords Broadcast Datesort descending
BB0921 Lena Horne / interviewed by Gene De Alessi.

"Lena: a sound portrait of a multifaceted lady." Lena Horne (b. June 30, 1917; d. May...

Horne, Lena, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American Women, Women artists, African American women entertainers, Women singers, African Americans--Civil rights--History KPFA, 12 Apr. 1966.
BC1040 Terry Garthwaite in concert.

Terry Garthwaite from Joy of Cooking with Fritz Kasten and David Garthwaite, in concert at the U...

Women musicians., Garthwaite, Terry., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 15 Nov. 1972.
BB2208 A public meeting before jail / David Harris and Joan Baez

An event featuring David Harris speaking about his pending conviction for draft resistance....

Harris, David., Baez, Joan, Draft resistance., Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- San Francisco (Calif.)., Final public meeting before jail / David Harris and Joan Baez.**The, Shurtleff, Jeffrey, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 16 July 1969.
BC0194 Women in rock groups / produced by Linda Eldon and Judy Parker.

A production concerned with feminism in rock music and rock culture. A moving analysis of the...

Eldon, Linda., Rock music., Women musicians., Parker, Judy, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 18 July 1971; 9 Sep. 1971.
AZ0078 Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi

"Got the Blues" is the story of rape, robbery and big big business. "Got the...

Avotcja., Rhodes, Sonny., Burris, J.C., 1928-, Sharriff, Omar, 1938-2012, Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, Thornton, Big Mama, Musicians., Record industry and trade., Blues (Songs, etc.)., Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi., Women blues musicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 19 May 1977
BC0942 Men in lyrics.

Collection of songs and lyrics about women's attitudes toward men, and men's attitudes...

Music., Popular music, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 1972.
AZ0780 Interview with Judy Mowatt / produced by Sue Supriano.

In Jamaica 1982, Sue Supriano interviewed Judy Mowatt, singer who was one of the "I-Threes...

Supriano, Sue., Women singers -- Personal narratives., Black singers -- Personal narratives., Marley, Bob, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 1982?
AZ1132.13 Composer Grażyna Bacewicz (Episode 13)

A program exploring the work of Polish composer and violinist Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969)....

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bacewicz, Grażyna KPFA, August 28, 1976
BC1661 Reflecciones de la Raza: September 8, 1973

Aircheck for "Reflecciones de la Raza", hosted by a woman (identity unknown), likely...

Strikes -- Vinyard workers -- Calfiornia., Report on the grape strike : boycott, costs and law enforcement during the strike., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, ca. September 8, 1973.
AZ0113 The Elizabethan Trio in performance / produced by April McMahon (Episode 24)

This episode of Focus On Women Composers presents the Elizabethan Trio, a Bay Area group which...

Women composers., Women musicians., Armer, Elinor., Bartlet, John, active 1606-1610, Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640, Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729, Strozzi, Barbara, 1619-1677, Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656-1710, Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962., Donne, John, 1572-1631., Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Elizabethan Trio KPFA, December 4, 1976
AZ1132.32 Composer Frankie Mann (Episode 32)

A program exploring the work of Bay Area-based electronic composer Frankie Mann. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mann, Frankie, 1955- KPFA, February 12, 1977
AZ1132.31 Focus on Women Composers: Women in College Music (Episode 31)

Program exploring the American college music environment in which many composers find themselves...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Musgrave, Thea, Fine, Vivian, 1913-2000, Oliveros, Pauline, 1932- KPFA, February 5, 1977
AZ0146 Carmen McRae / interviewed by Angela Davis.

Jazz singer, composer and actress Carmen McRae (1920 - 1994) talks with activist Angela Davis (...

McRae, Carmen., Women musicians., Performing arts -- United States., Jazz music., Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Jan. 16, 1978.
AZ1132.39 Composer Marta Ptaszyńska (Episode 39)

A program focusing on the work of Polish-born contemporary composer and percussionist Marta...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ptaszyńska, Marta KPFA, January 14, 1978
AZ1132.27 Focus on Women Composers: Some Women in Rock (Episode 27)

A program highlighting women composers in the field of rock music. Produced and presented by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Nicks, Stevie, Dunlop, Sara Ellen, 1936-1978, Millington, June., Millington, Jean, Joplin, Janis, McIlwaine, Ellen, Rubino, Virginia, McVie, Christine, Greenwich, Ellie, McCartney, Linda, LaBostrie, Dorothy, 1928-2007, Laflamme, Linda KPFA, January 8, 1977
AZ1132.07 Focus on Women Composers: Music to soothe and refresh, July 10, 1976 (Episode 7)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Susan Sailow, and Fleur...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Krimsky, Katrina., Shaw, Woody KPFA, July 10, 1976
AZ1132.08 Focus on Women Composers: Choral music, July 17, 1976 (Episode 8)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. This episode focuses on choral music by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bley, Carla, Talma, Louise, 1906-1996, Warren, Elinor Remick, 1900-1991 KPFA, July 17, 1976
AZ1132.50 Composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman (Episode 50)

A program featuring Bay Area-based composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rosewoman, Michele KPFA, July 23, 1977
AZ1132.09 Los Angeles Symposium of Women Composers, July 24, 1976 (Episode 9)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Tapes from women composers affiliated...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rubin, Anna, 1946-, Greenwald, Jan, 1952-, Vierk, Lois V., Palmer, Susan, Lovelace, Carey KPFA, July 24, 1976
AZ1132.44 Composer Martha Dee (Episode 44)

A program highlighting the work of composer Martha Dee, featuring recordings from a live concert...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Dee, Martha KPFA, June 11, 1977
AZ1132.05 Focus on Women Composers: Neo-Romantic Through 12 Tone, June 19, 1976 (Episode 5)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, Elizabeth...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982, Tailleferre, Germaine., Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996 KPFA, June 19, 1976
AZ1132.43 Focus on Women Composers: A selection of tapes collected recently (Episode 43)

A program featuring tapes of women composers recently collected by Susan Sailow. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cuniberti, Janet, Schonthal, Ruth, Silbert, Linda KPFA, June 4, 1977
AZ1132.03 Focus on Women Composers: Renaissance through late Baroque, June 5, 1976 (Episode 3)

The first in a series of four episodes of "Focus on Women Composers" providing a...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Wilhelmine, Margravine, consort of Friedrich, Margrave of Bayreuth, 1709-1758, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640, Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1739-1807 KPFA, June 5, 1976
AZ0109 Hedy West / produced by Joan Medlin.

Hedy West presents songs by and about women, beginning with two of her own, and including many...

Medlin, Joan., Women composers., Women musicians., Folk music., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Mar. 8, 1977.
AZ0022 Timpanist Elayne Jones / produced by Charles Amirkhanian.

Charles Amirkhanian interviews timpanist Elayne Jones. She discusses her career, the problems...

Jones, Elayne, Timpanists, Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women musicians KPFA, May 12, 1976.
AZ0080 Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin

Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner, with Eddie Marshall on drums, Larry...

Gales, Larry, Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, Marshall, Eddie., Women musicians., Jazz music., Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, May 2, 1977.
AZ1132.20 Lois Ann Thomas / produced by Joan Medlin (Episode 20)

Feminist folksinger and composer Lois Ann Thomas has long been performing her music for the...

,

Previously cataloged as AZ0108.

Thomas, Lois Ann., Folk music., Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, May 21, 1977
AZ1132.01 Focus on Women Composers Overview, May 8, 1976 (Episode 1)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, April...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896, Tailleferre, Germaine., Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918, Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944, Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000 KPFA, May 8, 1976
AZ0137 Esther Phillips : an interview by Angela Davis / produced by Stephanie Allen and Angela Davis.

Soul and blues singer Esther Phillips (1935-1984) talks with activist Angela Davis (1944 - )...

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Philips, Esther., Jazz musicians., Women entertainers -- United States., Women musicians -- United States., Musicians, Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Nov. 7, 1977.
AZ1132.21 Singer Bessie Smith (Episode 21)

A program about blues singer Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937), with many examples of her music and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Smith, Bessie. KPFA, November 13, 1976
AZ1132.22 Composer Megan Roberts (Episode 22)

Interview with Bay Area-based composer and video artist Megan Roberts. Produced and presented by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Roberts, Megan, 1952- KPFA, November 20, 1976
AZ1132.59 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Women Composers (Episode 59)

The last in a series of four programs surveying compositions by women from the Renaissance to...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Perry, Julia, 1924-1979, Mamlok, Ursula, Musgrave, Thea KPFA, November 26, 1977
AZ1132.23 Focus on Women Composers: Percussion music (Episode 23)

Program highlighting the work of women percussionists. Produced and presented by Virginia...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ptaszyńska, Marta, Kolb, Barbara, Perry, Julia, 1924-1979 KPFA, November 27, 1976
AZ1148 Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian

Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Favreau, Didi, Bridges, Kiki, Experimental music., Amirkhanian, Charles. KPFA, November 4, 1971
AZ0614 An evening of music with Linda Tillery, June Millington, and Mary Watkins

On August 9, 1981, musicians Linda Tillary (vocalist), June Millington of the rock band "...

Tillery, Linda., Millington, June., Watkins, Mary, Women musicians., Evening with Linda Tillery, June Millington, and Mary Watkins.**An, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, October 11, 1981.
AZ1132.19 Focus on Women Composers: Electronic composers (Episode 19)

A program of electronic music composed by women composers. Presented by Virginia Kosanovic,...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, White, Ruth S., 1925-, Witkin, Beatrice, Smiley, Pril, 1943-, McLean, Priscilla. KPFA, October 30, 1976
AZ0298 Red crystal : Sheli Nan / interviewed by Susan Sailow

Sheli Nan is an exceptional composer in the classical/jazz field. Her pieces reflect great...

Nan, Sheli., Jazz music., Women composers., Red crystal : Sheli Nan / interviewed by Susan Sailow., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Sept. 5, 1978.
AZ1132.55 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Collage (Episode 55)

A program focusing on contemporary collage works by women composers. Produced and master by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hawley, Carolyn Bowen, 1934-, Anderson, Beth, 1950-, Danielson, Janet, Ciani, Suzanne., Fontyn, Jacqueline KPFA, September 10, 1977
AZ1132.16 Elayne Jones, timpanist (Episode 16)

An interview with timpanist, percussionist and teacher Elayne Jones, a Black woman with...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jones, Elayne KPFA, September 18, 1976
AZ1132.17 Composer Miriam Gideon (Episode 17)

Program devoted to the music of American Jewish composer Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996) in honor of...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996 KPFA, September 25, 1976
KZ0682 Survival Sunday Antinuclear Rally at the Hollywood Bowl, 1979

Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a "no nukes" rally held at...

Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Los Angeles -- 1979., Survival Sunday, 1979., Antinuclear movement, Caldicott, Helen, Baez, Joan, Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group), Tomlin, Lily., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 10 June 1979.
BB4216 Fanny / interviews by Gina Blumenfeld

Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss their origins as musicians, their influences,...

Women musicians., Rock music., Fanny (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 1971.
BC1377 Roadies vs. groupies / Cherry Vanilla ; interviewed by Richard Gollance.

Cherry Vanilla (née Kathleen Dorritie), publicist for David Bowie, talks with Richard Gollance...

Gollance, Richard., Rock musicians., Bowie, David, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cherry Vanilla KPFK, 1973.
KZ0577 A tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Pearl Skotnes.

Tribute to folk singer and activist Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), which aired several days after...

Women musicians., Folk-songs., Political ballads and songs., Reynolds, Malvina., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 22 Mar. 1978.
BB5182 Five great American ladies of song (Episode 3)

This is another program that Carlos Hagen has dedicated to eclecticism in music and song to show...

Women singers, Music -- American -- History and criticism., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 31 Mar. 1971.
BC2578 Latin American folk singer : Violeta Parra / produced by Carlos Hagen.

A biographical portrait of Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra (1917 - 1967). An activist and...

Hagen, Carlos., Folk music, Chilean., Parra, Violeta, 1917-1967., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 4 Feb. 1973.
KZ0067 Lesbian sisters special: Women's music

Women's music has come a long way from the Andrew Sisters to Holly Near. What is "...

Women musicians., Lesbian musicians, Berkeley Women's Music Collective, Women’s music, Culver, Casse., Millington, June., Trull, Teresa., Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 4 Jan. 1977
KZ1151 Malvina and Dorothy / produced by Dorothy Healey.

Folk singer Malvina Reynolds talks with Dorothy Healey and sings some of her own songs about the...

Healey, Dorothy, 1914-2006, Political ballads and songs., Women musicians., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Rape -- Songs and music., Radicalism -- Songs and music., Protest songs., Topical songs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 8 Jan. 1978; 18 Mar. 1979.
BC2378 Buffy Sainte-Marie interviewed by Pat Denslow

Guest is singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (b. 1941). This recording includes interview...

Sainte-Marie, Buffy., Women -- Songs and music., Singers., Feminism, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 9 Mar. 1975.
KZ0888 Strange paradise / Cris Williamson interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

Musician Cris Williamson talks with Helene Rosenbluth about her spiritual self, her role as a...

Williamson, Cris., Women musicians., Women's movement, Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Apr. 4, 1980.
KZ1290 Yoko Ono interview / by Barbara Cady.

Musician and artist Yoko Ono discusses the feminist movement and its relationship to the mass...

Cady, Barbara., Women -- Social conditions., Women in mass media., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ono, Yōko, 1943- KPFK, Mar. 20, 1981.
KZ1038 West coast women's music festival

This program presents selected highlights from the West Coast Women's Music Festival held...

Green, Kelly., Garthwaite, Terry., Music festivals., Women musicians., Nicholas, Glover, and Wray., Trull, Teresa., Rhiannon, Vicenza, Suzanne, Small, Janet, Brandy, Carolyn, West coast women's music festival / produced by Linda Mack., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 4, 1981.
KZ1216 Which side are you on? / produced by Susan Anderson.

Susan Anderson hosts an episode of "Richland woman" in honor of International Women...

Women -- Songs and music., International Women's Day, Working classes -- Songs and music., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 8, 1978.
KZ1210 Women of color : voices of resistance / produced by Miya Iwataki.

This mixture of music and poetry was produced for International Women's Day, 1982 by the...

Iwataki, Miya, De Priest, Dolce., Abe, Lisa., Vasquez, Babette., Heth, Charlotte., Minority women., Women poets, Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 8, 1982.
KZ0879 Survival Sunday III

Actuality from the benefit concert that took place on May 25, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los...

Smith, Pat, Friends Band, Alliance for Survival, Benefit performances., Antinuclear movement, Concerts., Survival Sunday III., Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- 1980, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, May 25, 1980.
KZ0889 Alix Dobkin live! / interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

Alix Dobkin--Live! Or, who is the Avon lady? Alix Dobkin, singer and songwriter, talks about her...

Lesbians, Women musicians., Dobkin, Alix., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, May 4, 1980.
KZ0046 Olivia Records: women in the recording industry

Ginny Berson talks about Olivia Records, women musicians, and women in the recording industry....

Women's music, Berson, Ginny Z., Women musicians., Record industry and trade., Women in the recording industry., Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Nov. 16, 1976.
KZ4500 Lesbian sisters: October 5, 1976

This is Helene Rosenbluth's first episode of the series "Lesbian Sisters" on KPFK...

Women musicians., Lesbian musicians, Brown, Rita Mae., Christian, Meg, Be Be K'Roche (Musical group), Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, October 5, 1976
BC1239 Vera Johnson, herself

Vera Johnson (1920-2007), a 52-year old native Canadian folk singer (at the time of this...

Folk-songs., Women's movement, Johnson, Vera, National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.), Women folk musicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFT, 13 March 1973
TZ0021 An Interview with Margie Adam / produced by Clara Kern.

An interview with songwriter Margie Adam by KPFT's Clara Kern. They discuss changing...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Adam, Margie., Women's music, Lesbian musicians, Kern, Clara KPFT, May 1981.
BC2328 Teddi King interviewed by Marian McPartland

Host Marian McPartland interviews and plays selection of music by jazz singer Teddi King (1929...

Jazz music., Singers., Women jazz musicians, Teddi King / hosted by Marian McPartland., McPartland, Marian., King, Teddi, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 14 Mar. 1975.
BC1601 Hillbilly Women / Kathy Kahn ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Paul McIsaac.

Kathy Kahn, songwriter, singer and author of Hillbilly Women (Doubleday) sings and talks to...

McIsaac, Paul., Rainone, Nanette., Country life., Coal miners -- Appalachian Region., Women -- Appalachian Region., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 14 Oct. 1973.
IZ0173 A Cabaret / with Terry Garthwaite, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Rosalie Sorrels ; produced by Edward Haber.

This cabaret with Terry Garthwaite, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Rosalie Sorrels took place at the...

Hawkins, Bobbie Louise., Garthwaite, Terry., Sorrels, Rosalie., Haber, Edward., Women musicians., Concerts., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 18 Apr. 1980.
IZ0058 Specially voiced jazz / Jay Clayton ; interviewed by Jude Quintiere.

Vocalist-composer Jay Clayton demonstrates diverse musical styles, and talks with Jude Quintiere...

Quintiere, Jude., Clayton, Jay., Jazz music., Women musicians., Specially voiced jazz / Jay Clayton ; interviewed by Jude Quintiere., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 19 Jan. 1977.
BC1044 Birtha / produced by Judy Sherman.

Judy Sherman interviews the all-woman rock group Birtha. They discuss their origins as a band...

Women musicians., Birtha (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 2 Nov. 1972.
BC2616 View from Gay Head: the New York Women's Music Festival (1975) / produced by Margaret Mercer and Ceil Muller

Four women singer-songwriters in concert live at the first New York Women's Music Festival...

Crimmons, Lou., Culver, Casse., Dobkin, Alix., Christian, Meg, Women's music, Women singers, Songs., View from Gayhead / produced by Margaret Mercer and Ceil Muller., New York Women's Music Festival (1975), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 25 July 1975.
BC3015 Women in entertainment / produced by Heather Schoen

Documentary on women in the entertainment business through a collage of recordings of the...

Women entertainers., Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966, Brice, Fanny, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Vaudeville -- United States., Women comedians WBAI, 3 May 1976.
IZ0198 A women's guitar / Gill Burns ; interviewed by Edward Haber.

Guitarist, folksinger and songwriter Gill Burns is interviewed by Edward Haber at WBAI's...

Burns, Gill., Haber, Edward., Folk music, English., Women musicians., women's guitar / Gill Burns ; interviewed by Edward Haber.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 5 Apr. 1980.
BC2332 Mabel Mercer interviewed by Marian McPartland

Mabel Mercer (1900-1984), Black British cabaret singer, talks with Marion McPartland about her...

McPartland, Marian., Singers., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- United States., Mabel Mercer / hosted by Marian McPartland., Women jazz musicians, Mercer, Mabel, 1900-1984, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 7 Feb. 1975.
IZ0152 Fiddle music / Marie Rhines ; interviewed by Edward Haber.

Marie Rhines is a fiddler of Scottish, Irish, and American music. In this interview with Edward...

Rhines, Marie., Folk music., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, Aug. 18, 1979.
BC0436.22 Whatever became of: the Pickens sisters / Patti Pickens interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Interview with Patti Pickens (1914–1995) of the singing trio The Pickens Sisters. From the folio...

Pickens, Patti., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- United States., Whatever became of : the Pickens sisters / interviewed by Richard Lamparski., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, August 29, 1972
IZ0050 The Different computer of Laurie Spiegel / interview by Jude Quintiere.

Computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel discusses her compositional tools and processes with host...

Spiegel, Laurie, 1945-, Quintiere, Jude., Electronic music., Women composers., Composition (Music)., Avant-garde music., Different computer of Laurie Spiegel / interview by Jude Quintiere.**The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, July 10, 1976.
IZ0175 Gay moments in straight music / produced by Rudy Grillo.

A program on popular songs from the last seventy-five years featuring male-to-male and female-to...

Boswell Sisters, Grillo, Rudy., Cantor, Eddie., Dietrich, Marlene., Sinatra, Frank, 1915-, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.)., Gays -- Songs and music., Lesbians -- Songs and music, Music -- History -- Analysis., Gay moments in straight music / produced by Rudy Grillo., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, July 25, 1979.
BC0436.17 Whatever became of Arlene DeMarco / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Richard Lamparski interviews Arlene DeMarco (1933-2013), a member of the singing group, the...

DeMarco Sisters, Entertainers -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, DeMarco, Arlene WBAI, March 14, 1972
IZ0123 A Folk special : Jean Ritchie / interviewed by Lynn Schoenfeld.

Folk singer Jean Ritchie (1922 - ) talks about her contributions as both singer and historian of...

Ritchie, Jean., Music -- United States., Folk music, American., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, May 15, 1978.
BC1737 What woman and who, myself, I am / Rosalie Sorrels.

Program of women's songs and poetry by Sylvia Plath, Denise Levertov and Anne Sexton, read...

Sorrels, Rosalie., Levertov, Denise, 1923-, Plath, Sylvia, Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974, Poetry -- Women authors., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 4, 1973
BC1739 Circle of sound

This recording is inspired from a live event last August (1973) at the Manhattan Theater Club...

Cryer, Gretchen., Women composers., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 8, 1973
BB3863.90 Whatever became of Hazel Scott / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Richard Lamparski elicits stories from African American jazz and classical pianist and singer...

Scott, Hazel, Lamparski, Richard., Biography, Entertainers., African American women jazz singers, African American women musicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, September 21, 1971.
WZ0130 The growth of jazz / Betty Carter ; interviewed by Ed Love.

Jazz singer Betty Carter (1930-1998) discusses her life, her music, and the changes in jazz...

Women musicians., Musicians., African American women jazz singers, Women jazz musicians, Carter, Betty, 1930-1998, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WPFW, ca. 1977
WZ0210 Black music / Ntozake Shange and Thulani Davis ; interviewed by Joan Thornell.

Joan Thornell interviews Ntozake Shange (1948 - ), poet and playwright, and Thulani Davis (1949...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African Americans--Music, Shange, Ntozake., Davis, Thulani. WPFW, May 3, 1977.
BC0709.34 Local chamber music / featuring soprano Lucy Shelton (Part One only)

A program of local Chamber music, organized by and featuring vocalist Lucy Shelton, performed at...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Chamber music., Shelton, Lucy, Sopranos (Singers) 18 Dec. 1973
KZ4061 Meg Christian performs at the 1981 West Coast Women's Music Festival

Meg Christian performs at the 1981 West Coast Women's Music Festival just after the release...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Meg, Lesbian musicians, Women's music festivals, Lindsay, Diane 1981?
BC0709.35 Women musicians night: May 1975 (Part One only)

Women Musicians Night at the WBAI Free Music Store, May 29, 1975. Part 1 of this program...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gardner, K. (Kay), New age (Concepts, lifestyles, etc.) -- Songs and music., Hilderley, Jeriann, 1937-, Dulcimer music., Carter, Dorothy 5 July, 1975
AZ1008 Laurie Anderson on her music / interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian

Noted experimental musician Laurie Anderson discusses her music, the development of ideas, and...

Anderson, Laurie, 1947-, Musicians -- Personal narratives., Experimental music., Amirkhanian, Charles., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 11 Mar. 1979. Probably first broadcast April 7 or 8, 1979.
AZ1692 Berkeley/Oakland Women's Chorus live at the Working Women's Conference

Excerpt from a Berkeley/Oakland Women's Chorus performance at the Working Women's...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Women's music KPFA, 1973?
AZ1691 The music of Witchazel

The music of Witchazel, a Portland, Oregon women's band. Members are: Robin Flower, Mary...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians. KPFA, 1976
AZ1671 Teresa Trull live at the West Coast Women's Music Festival (year unknown)

Teresa Trull performing at the West Coast Women's Music Festival, September 13-16, 198?....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Trull, Teresa., Women musicians. KPFA, 198-
AZ0447 Healing sounds and Lifting off, learning how to fly / by Joanna Brouk and Maggi Payne

Two musical works: one composed for use in hospitals, one for Peter Pan theme. 1. Piano: Healing...

Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Women musicians., Sound -- Psychological effect, Mind and body therapies, Sound -- Physiological effect, Payne, Maggi, Healing music, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Healing KPFA, 1980?
BC0047 Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware.

African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life...

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Black singers -- Biography., Odetta, 1930-2008, African Americans, Women, SINGERS & SINGING, MUSIC PROGRAM, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 20 May 1971; WBAI, 27 May 1971
AZ1689.02 Women's News: April 15, 1976

Raw outtakes and heads from an unidentified woman musician performing at KPFA. Box description...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians. KPFA, April 15, 1976
AZ1343 Benefit for women library workers / Malvina Reynolds and Margie Adam

Malvina Reynolds and Margie Adam perform at a benefit for Women Library Workers. Recorded at...

Reynolds, Malvina., Adam, Margie., Women musicians -- United States., Women Library Workers (U.S.), Glide Memorial United Methodist Church (San Francisco, Calif.), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Aug. 1, 1977.
AZ1655 Interview with Meg Christian by Nancy Guinn

Nancy Guinn interviews musician Meg Christian in mid-July 1981, just after recording her new...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Meg, Women musicians -- United States., Lesbian musicians, Women's music KPFA, August 15, 1981
AZ1666.01 International League of Women Composers: String quartets (Episode 1 of 2)

First of two episodes of a series called "Expressions", produced by the International...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-, Coates, Gloria, Silsbee, Ann, Women composers., Women musicians., String quartets KPFA, August 16, 1980
AZ1762 Interview with cellist Eva Heinitz / by Will Ogdon

Cellist Eva Heinitz (1907-2000) is interviewed by Will Ogdon of KPFA about playing the cello and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Heinitz, Eva, CLASSICAL MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC, CLASSICAL, Cellists KPFA, between 1963-1968 (date unknown)
AZ1664 Flying Lesbians

A copy of the German band Flying Lesbians' self-titled album from 1975 (Frauen Offensive)....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians--Germany., Lesbian musicians, Women's music KPFA, ca. 1975
AZ1693 Meg Christian and Holly Near in concert (Part 5?)

Meg Christian and Holly Near in concert, venue unknown, November 6, 1976. Two songs are...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Near, Holly., Christian, Meg, Women musicians. KPFA, ca. 1976
AZ1679 Joanna Brouk / Conch Shell: the Sea at Sunset (1973)

Joanna Brouk: Conch Shell: The Sea at Sunset (1973). Joanna Brouk was born in 1949 in St. Louis...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949, New Age music KPFA, ca. August 8, 1973
AZ1687 Meg Christian performs at Inez Garcia benefit concert (Parts 1 and 3 of 3)

Meg Christian performs at a benefit concert on June 10, 1976 to raise money for Inez Garcia, who...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Meg, Garcia, Inez, Women's music, Women musicians. KPFA, ca. June 10, 1976
AZ1697 The Berkeley Women's Music Collective, June 10, 1976

The Berkeley Women's Music Collective perform in San Francisco, June 10, 1976, venue...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Berkeley Women's Music Collective, Women's music, Women musicians. KPFA, ca. June 10, 1976
AZ1667 The Rubber Band performs Falling Spaces and Wild Women Don't Get the Blues

The Rubber Band performs "Falling Spaces" by Carolyn Brandy and "Wild Women Don...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brandy, Carolyn, Rosewoman, Michele, Lipson, Annette, Wilson, Marie, Women musicians., Women blues musicians KPFA, ca. November 1976
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