Women musicians.

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 2 of 12)

    This is the second reel of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Casselberry and Dupree continue with “Take it to the Limit,” then “Corrine”, and an African song. Announcements by festival producer Robin Tyler. Next is singer Dovida Ishatova. She performs “Schizo[?] in D Major”, ?, “Amazon.

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 3 of 12)

    This is the third reel of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Dovida Ishatova continues with “Amazon”, “Henya[?]” (poem), instrumental. Ambient noise and then announcements by festival producer Robin Tyler.

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 4 of 12)

    This is numbered as the next (fourth) reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, but there is no information as to whether this is accurate. Silvia Kohan performs: “Hine Ma Too” [?], “Take Back the Night”, “Fat Girl Blues”, “Gracias a la Vida”. Tape ends…

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 5 of 12)

    This is numbered as the next (fifth) reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980, however, according to this article: http://queermusicheritage.com/wmf-westcoast.html Terry Garthwaite performed after Gwen Avery. Notes say Garthwaite performed the following: “All Night Long”, [intro and talks about being a mother], “You Don’t Know…

  • West coast women’s music festival (raw recordings) (Reel 6 of 12)

    This is the sixth reel in the series of live raw recordings taken at the West Coast Women’s festival in 1980. Terry Garthwaite continues her performance with (according to note found with tape) “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”, [spacey guitar and flute], “Falling In Love(?)”, [Emergency Announcement], “This Old Heart (Wants to Love Somebody”,…

  • A night of women musicians: ca. 1975 (Part One only)

    A Night of Women Musicians at WBAI’s Free Music Store, date unknown (ca. 1973). Host is Ms. Mark Giles. Part one features first the New Woman’s Brass Quartet, which includes Lauren Draper, Laurie Frank, Ann Slayton[sp?] and Kathy Kerry. They are followed by a performance by singer/songwriter Roz Esposito. Part two includes performances by Sharon…

  • Malvina Reynolds and Bill Schechner

    Malvina Reynolds, folksinger, plays her songs live in studio for Bill Schechner and audience. Songs included on this reel: The Albatross; Turn Around; Little Boxes; The New Restaurant; Tokyo Farewell (aka Goodbye Joe). Reynolds talks to Schechner between songs about her songs, her hits, and how to order them. No dates on tape box, taken…

  • Women composers / Judy Sherman

    Women composers explore the question of why so many women composers have emerged of late, and talk about women composers from both historical and social points of view. The composers interviewed are Carla Bley, jazz composer; Lucia Dlugoszewski, classical composer; Vivian Fine, composition teacher at Bennington College; Laura Greenberg, classical composer; Pauline Oliveros, who talks…

  • Meg Christian and Holly Near in concert (Part 5?)

    Meg Christian and Holly Near in concert, venue unknown, November 6, 1976. Two songs are performed: 1. Sister Woman Sister – Holly vocal solo; 2. Sweet Darlin’ Woman (Diane Lindsay) – Meg on guitar and backing vocal, Holly vocal. Much of this tape is stage banter. First few minutes of recording suffers from poor audio…

  • The Berkeley Women’s Music Collective, June 10, 1976

    The Berkeley Women’s Music Collective perform in San Francisco, June 10, 1976, venue unknown. Songs performed (Reel 1): The Bloods; 2. The Fury (with Nancy Henderson on piano); 3. Mercy Me, I’m Lonely Tonight; 4. Take the Time. Songs performed (Reel 2): 1. Announcement by one of the band members; 2. The Commune Croon; 3.…