Women musicians.


  • Lesbian sisters: October 5, 1976

    This is Helene Rosenbluth’s first episode of the series “Lesbian Sisters” on KPFK. The program opens with “Face the Music” by Meg Christian, then author Rita Mae Brown speaking at the Women’s Building about art and politics. Later, Helene interviews Meg Christian and Judy Dlugacz about Olivia Records, and they feature the newly released Be…


  • 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 the viola da gamba. Previously cataloged as IZ1497. Date unknown.


  • Jeriann Hilderly

    Episode of Songs of Sappho’s Daughters, featuring Jeriann Hilderly performing music. Opening and closing theme songs by Flash Silvermoon. Produced by Mark Giles with engineering by Peter Zanger and David Rapkin.


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 9 of 12)

    This is the ninth reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Gwen Avery continues “On My Way”, “Coming Out”?.


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 10 of 12)

    This is the tenth reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Izquierda Ensemble performs the following: (they segue many of their songs and poems without much break) “Like a Mountain”, “Pam”, “The Leaving”, “Songs from a Dying Star”, “Johnny Get Angry”, ??, poems, “Every Day[?]”,…


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 11 of 12)

    This is the eleventh reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Izquierda Ensemble continues with their rap about experiences grown up female, then a song (title unknown), “Power to our Intuition”, “Looking to be Free”, Robin Tyler announces “Izquierda Ensemble”, Andrea Floyd.


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 12 of 12)

    This is the twelfth and final reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Alive! performs the following [Robin and Tory introduce] “Sail Away”, jam, “Step By Step”, “Mother Earth”, “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”, “Got To Be Willing”, “Wild Women”, “Yamaya”, six minutes of…


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 7 of 12)

    This is the seventh reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Terry Garthwaite finishes her performance: “Ticket to Chicago”, “Bye-bye? (Found Another Lover To go)”. Robin Tyler makes announcements. Gwen Avery performs. Intro song (note taker didn’t catch the title), “Shout It Out”, “Sugar Mama”,…


  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 8 of 12)

    This is the eighth reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Gwen Avery continues “Song for My Woman Friends”, [Emergency announcements], Intro and rap, “Cry No More”, “Backyard Blues”, “Heaven Is In Your Mind”, musician intros, audience participation, “On My Way” (incomplete).


  • West Coast Women’s Music Festival, 1980 (raw recordings)

    These twelve reels are live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, held in Yosemite CA September 26-28th, 1980. The festival was produced by Robin Tyler and co-produced by Torie Osborn, and two to three thousand women attended. These recordings were a joint project of Pacfica radio stations KPFA and KPFK.…