Every one of them has something kind of special that I like
So I've been listening to So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter and Living In Clip, both of which J bought me for my birthday last May, and having an Ani DiFranco renaissance as I not so rarely do. Seriously, if you don't have any appreciation for Ani DiFranco I kind of don't have any for you. She's amazing on so many levels and if I had to pick one artist to listen to exclusively for the rest of my life... she'd be it.
But anyways this got me thinking about female artists and feminism and fandom and how often we spend most of our time focused on pretty boys and then I was thinking about Dan Bern's song "Chick Singers". And here's a list of the women mentioned in said song ( personal favorites are bolded):
Bjork, Courtney Love, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Vega, Jill Sobule, Melissa Etheridge, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Shocked, Kate Bush, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Bessie Smith, Patti Smith, Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt
To follow that up I add a some additional female artists on my list of favorites:
Alanis Morissette, Butterfly Boucher, Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, Mirah, Poe, Regina Spektor
So I invite everyone to share their favorites with me, even if it's just by name and nothing else.
Also, downloads and/or pimping available upon request.
But anyways this got me thinking about female artists and feminism and fandom and how often we spend most of our time focused on pretty boys and then I was thinking about Dan Bern's song "Chick Singers". And here's a list of the women mentioned in said song ( personal favorites are bolded):
Bjork, Courtney Love, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Liz Phair, Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Vega, Jill Sobule, Melissa Etheridge, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Shocked, Kate Bush, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Bessie Smith, Patti Smith, Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt
To follow that up I add a some additional female artists on my list of favorites:
Alanis Morissette, Butterfly Boucher, Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, Mirah, Poe, Regina Spektor
So I invite everyone to share their favorites with me, even if it's just by name and nothing else.
Also, downloads and/or pimping available upon request.