Women musicians.

  • Bessie Jones at freight and salvage (Part 2 of 2) / produced by Martha Oelman and Joan Medlin.

    (Tape label) Bessie Jones at Freight and Salvage. This program is completely self-contained. Born in 1902, Bessie Jones has spent most of her life in the Georgia Sea Islands. The music she presents is a combination of the songs and games of the Islands as well as those taught to her by her granfather who…

  • Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin. (Part 2 of 2)

    Performance of many jazz pieces by Mary Lou Williams, with Eddie Marshall on drums and Larry Gales on bass. Contents of Reel 2: 1. “Over the Rainbow” 2. “Baby Man” – John Stubble field 3. “Caravan” – Duke Ellington 4. “Undecided” – Charlie Savers 5. “Grand Night for Swinging” 6. “Overhand” – Andy Kirk and…

  • Laurie Anderson / interviewed by Susan Sailow (Episode1 of 2, Part 1 of 2)

    Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, a wonderful one. She utilizes visual techniques along with music to tell her stories about human beings, and, in particular, American human beings. She also uses many “technical tricks” on stage: harmonizers, repetitions of images, and a tape-bow violin. A very skilled performer. The performance artist discusses literary, technical,…

  • Holly Near with sisters Timothy and Laurel Near, Jeff Langley, piano (Episode 5)

    On this episode of Folkscene, Howard and Roz Larman interviews singer songwriter Holly Near, who performs with sisters Timothy and Laurel Near, and Jeff Langley on piano. This program was originally aired live from KPFK Studio A on May 27, 1973 and produced for Pacifica Radio by Howard and Roz Larman with engineering by Alan…

  • From the Women’s Coffeehouse: A Program of Music & Poetry (Part 1 only)

    Recorded live on Saturday night, December 17, 1977, the Women’s Coffeehouse put on a benefit for the WBAI Women’s Programming. Rebecca Tron introduces the singer Suni Paz with cellist Martha Siegal, poet Sharon Thomson, poet Alice Walker, and musician Lynn Messinger. Eileen Zalisk, a women’s health and science programmer, gives a brief biography about the…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 23, 1981

    Aircheck of The Velvet Sledgehammer from December 23, 1981. Hosted and produced by Judy Pasternak. Today’s episode about women and work. The first segment is Mirror Image “reflections of working women past, present and future” by BJ Kling about Artemisia, the 4th-century Persian admiral, and her 20th century counterpart Roxanna Schuchman, first woman member of…

  • Margie Adam live at KPFK

    Margie Adam performs live at KPFK studio A during her tour for National Coalition of Women’s Voters. She talks between songs about the women’s movement. Songs include “Sweet Friends of Mine”. Margie tells the story of recording her first demo at KPFK in June of 1972. Interviewed by Anita Frankel. Contains dated material. This recording…

  • Lesbian sisters special: Women’s music

    Women’s music has come a long way from the Andrew Sisters to Holly Near. What is “women’s music”? Helene Rosenbluth discusses this with current feminist musicians, among them the Berkeley Women’s Music Collective, Casse Culver, The New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra, June Millington, and Teresa Trull. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

  • Billie Holiday / produced by A.B. Spellman.

    A.B. (Alfred B.) Spellman, jazz critic and author of “Four Lives in the Bebop Business” hosts this program on the music of Billie Holiday, on her life and singing the blues. Includes recorded music. Post it found on label: “58:30 Total. 31:20 side 1”

  • 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 since the 1950’s. Interviewed by Ed Love for the series R.P.M. She is is introduced as the foremost black woman jazz artist of the time. Interview includes background information about Carter. Carter then describes the differences in the way musicians…