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Great music by women

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 22:42

This may not be the right place or forum for this thread but just in case: I feel music is far too dominated by men. What great songs are there by women? I know most of my favourite songs are by women, I'd love to hear more.

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YonicProbe · 14/11/2016 23:12

Me too, Xeno.

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Butterchunks · 14/11/2016 23:10

Not had a chance to look at the old threads that have kindly been posted but I wanted to add a few names to the list: Ani DiFranco, Pj Harvey, Tori Amos, Carina Round, Kate Bush, Regina Specktor. If there was a film of my life these would feature heavily on the soundtrack.

YonicProbe · 14/11/2016 23:10

Great list, Lass!

Thanks Amy, I'm looking forward to seeing new nominations and revisiting old, could do with some positivity in general world uncertainty!

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 23:10

Yonic, much appreciated, lots for me to work through!

Lass I shall really enjoy listening to many of those, thank you.

You both should investigate the "Wolf Alice" songs I posted...they might be more what my age group listen to but even my mum quite likes them (thanks to bombardment from me).

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Xenophile · 14/11/2016 23:09

I miss Stewie Griffin's Mom.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 14/11/2016 23:07

Not songs but these are female musicians or female led bands I enjoy

Rhiannon Giddens
The Staves
Mountain Man
Laura Veirs
Gillian Welsh
The Unthanks
Applewood Road
Isobel Campbell
Anais Mitchell
War Paint
Ashley Monroe
Basia Bulat
First Aid Kit
Camera Obscura
Charlotte Carpenter
Courtney Barnett
Emmylou Harris
Fatoumata Diawara
Iris de Ment
Margo Price
Sara Watkins
Agnes Obel
Bonnie Raitt
Linda Ronstadt
Christine and the Queens
Dolly Parton
Edi Reader
Fay Hield
Loreena McKennitt
Lucinda Williams
Natalie Merchant
Neko Case
Thea Gilmore

YonicProbe · 14/11/2016 23:05

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1246064-Music-by-women

I am the advanced search ninja!

Though I think all the threads are 4-5 years old so we could do with some new picks!

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 23:03

I think these songs are going to dominate my listening for quite some time! How wonderful Grin

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HappyHeart87 · 14/11/2016 23:00

Omg and anything by Suzi Blu.

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 22:58

I will queue these up now, thank you!

Two of my favourites by my favourite (also feminist) band:

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HappyHeart87 · 14/11/2016 22:56

Jo Mango is an amazing Scottish singer / song writer. I love 'My Lung'.

Regina Specktor's "Apres Moi"

Phoebe Kreutz 'Big Lousy Moon' album is all funny.

"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap

Tori Amos - "Golddust"

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 22:54

Thank you Yonic!

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YonicProbe · 14/11/2016 22:52

Not at all - owing to sadly high numbers of withdrawn posts (thank you for nothing, F4J), the threads are a bit Swiss cheese and there's at least one more where I can't remember the OP:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1333086-Music-by-Women

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1414972-Womens-Music-Celebrating-Women

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IAmAmy · 14/11/2016 22:45

I should have looked that up first!

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YonicProbe · 14/11/2016 22:44

Ah, Amy, there have been a couple of fabulous threads on this. Let me ponder.

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