Browse the American Women collection
| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| Hedy West / produced by Joan Medlin. |
Hedy West presents songs by and about women, beginning with two of her own, and including many traditional pieces, which are played by West on banjo. Songs featured in the program include When I die; There's anger in the land; Poor miner's farewell; Babies in the mill; A single life; Single girl; The whore's lament; Let them wear their watches fine; Cotton mill girls; Frankie Silvers; Johnny Sands; The cruel mother; Rosanna; On the rim of the world; Die gräben (The trenches); The factory girl's come-all-ye; Factory girl; The maid on the shore. The tape was recorded by the Women's Recording Group at KPFA in January 1977. This program was produced by Joan Medlin, with the assistance of Fran Tornabene and Martha Oelman. |
Medlin, Joan., Women composers., Women musicians., Folk music., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0109 | Hedy West / produced by Joan Medlin. (CD) |
| Cuba and gays in Cuba : part one, 1976 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective |
Andy interviews Rebecca and Carlos, who have just returned from Cuba where they worked with Cubans and other North Americans with the Venceremos Brigade, about their experiences in Cuba's three larges cities, the oppression of gays in Cuba, and on the changing roles of men and women in Cuba. This is part one of the subseries Cuba And Gays In Cuba, 1976. Both guests identify as gay and discuss how they felt discriminated against within the Venceremos Brigade. Part two was produced in July 1977. Produced by the Fruit Punch Collective. Print-through on master. |
CUBA, Gay liberation movement., Venceremos Brigade, GAYS AND LESBIANS, Fruit Punch Collective., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gays -- Cuba -- Personal narratives., Cuba and gays in Cuba / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective. | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0094 | Cuba and gays in Cuba : part one, 1976 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective |
| Cuba and gays in Cuba : part two, 1977 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective |
Interview with Ricardo Galvon and Kathleen O'Connell, two members of the Venceremos Brigade to Cuba who relate their experiences and the role of gays in Cuban society, based on their six-week stay in Cuba in Sprint 1977. The Vanceremos Brigade was begun in 1969, in which people from all over the world go in groups to both do construction work and to tour the island and find out about the country there. Hosted by Guy and Andy of the Fruit Punch collective. This is the second of a two-part sub-series called Cuba And Gays In Cuba produced by the Fruit Punch Collective for Pacifica in 1977. |
Fruit Punch Collective., Gay liberation movement., Gays -- Cuba -- Personal narratives., Cuba and gays in Cuba / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, CUBA, Venceremos Brigade | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0093 | Cuba and gays in Cuba : part two, 1977 / produced by the Fruit Punch Collective |
| Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin |
Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner, with Eddie Marshall on drums, Larry Gales on bass, and Mary Lou Williams on piano. Programs opens with the song "Corny Rhythm" by Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy featuring Mary Lou Williams as pianist and composer. The life and work of African American Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is briefly introduced, then the performance of the Mary Lou Williams Trio recorded at the Keystone Korner on April 29, 1977. Program produced by Joan Medlin, engineered by Martha Oelman; recorded by the Women's Recording Group of KPFA including Vicki Herbert, Joan Medlin, Martha Oelman and Fran Tornabene. The following songs are performed by the trio: Program closes with "Overhand" by Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy. Program is completely self contained. |
Gales, Larry, Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, Marshall, Eddie., Women musicians., Jazz music., Mary Lou Williams at Keystone Korner / produced by Joan Medlin., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0080 | |
| KPFA poetry festival (1977) / recorded by Randy Thom and Doug Maisel. |
KPFA Poetry Festival May 14, 1977. From the folio: "On Saturday, May 14, U.C.'s S.U.P.E.R.B. Productions will present what will be the biggest poetry reading staged in the Bay Area since the Vietnam era, and perhaps the biggest ever. And all on behalf of raising funds for KPFA! KPFA and Pacifica have long been an important medium for the presentation of the works of contemporary poets. So it is fitting that KPFA now be the 'cause' for the poets and their toilers to rally around. The first part of the festival opens with Allen Ginsberg leading the audience in breathing exercises, mantra and an approx 2 minute silent meditation. He then sings Wiliam Blake's "Voices of the Bard". He is followed by Fred Cody, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Jana Harris. The second part of the festival begins with Harlem's David Henderson followed by Jessica Hagedorn reading with musical accompaniment by Steve Marshall (clarinet, saxophone, flute), Clara Williams and Ota[sp?] (vocals), Hashima Mark Williams (bass), Bob Marshall (drums), William Brown (electric guitar), and Bugsy Moore (percussion). This tape ends with a mystical, miniature sermon by 1968 National Book Award winner Robert Bly, incorporating poems by, among others, Rilke, Yeats, and the world's first whirling dervish. Part three begins with Max Schwartz, poet and host of KPFA's prison poetry show STATE OF EMERGENCY, who conducts a spontaneous jam with his jazz musician friends. Edward Dorn, Joanne Kyger, and Simon Ortiz are the other poets on this program. The fourth part of the Poetry Festival begins with a reading by Lewis MacAdams, who opens with the question "What do you do if you are raised in Iowa and you still want to be a poet?" Next is Puerto Rican poet Victor Hernandez Cruz, followed by poet, novelist and publisher Ishmael Reed. This part finishes with the dynamic poet Alta of the Shameless Hussy Press. The fifth and final part of the program is Allen Ginsberg singing songs (with musical accompaniment) and reading poetry. More information about the event available in the folios here: https://archive.org/details/kpfafoliojul77paci and here: https://archive.org/details/kpfafoliomay77paci |
KPFA Poetry Festival 1977, Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-, Cody, Fred., Hawkins, Bobbie Louise., Harris, Jana, 1947-, Henderson, David, 1942-, Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949-, Bly, Robert., Schwartz, Max, Dorn, Edward., Kyger, Joanne., MacAdams, Lewis., Ortiz, Simon J., 1941-, Cruz, Victor Hernandez, 1949-, Reed, Ishmael, 1938-, Alta, 1942-, McClure, Michael., McClure, Michael. Beard, Soldofsky, Alan., Poetry reading, Beat generation -- Poetry, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | AZ0079 | |
| Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi |
"Got the Blues" is the story of rape, robbery and big big business. "Got the Blues" is also a story of love, artistic dedication, and spiritual strength above and beyond the call of duty. "Got the Blues" is a many-sided story told by the musicians that make the blues, the record companies that record the blues, the radio stations that do or don't play the blues, and the people who promote the blues...produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi. This program was made possible by a grant from the California Arts Council. Program includes the words and music of J.C. Burris (speaking, harmonica, rhythm), Sonny Rhodes (b. 1940, guitar and voice), Omar Hakim Kayam (aka Omar Sharriff and Dave Alexander, piano), and the words of Don Moye (b. 1946, drummer, Art Ensemble of Chicago), Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981, pianist and composer), Reginal Lockett (poet, teacher, KPFA folio editor), Avotcja (musicican, poet, blues dj, historian), Tom Mozzolini (promoter, Blues dj, writer), Big Mama Thornton, known as "The Queen of the Blues" (1926-1984, voice, harmonica and drums), J.J. Jones (1927-2004, guitarist and voice), Johnnie B. Goode (guitarist and voice), Jordana Jiltonilro (aspiring singer), Chris Strachwitz (b. 1931, Arhoolie Records), Eli Thornton (owner Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA), and Otis Evans (Blues dj, KPOO engineer), Martha Olman[sp?] and Laurie Garrett. These musicians, djs, etc. talk about their music, blues music promoters, radio stations, and record companies. |
Avotcja., Rhodes, Sonny., Burris, J.C., 1928-, Sharriff, Omar, 1938-2012, Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, Thornton, Big Mama, Musicians., Record industry and trade., Blues (Songs, etc.)., Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi., Women blues musicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0078 | |
| Sexism on the hill / Ellin O'Leary |
Reporter Ellin O'Leary talks about how sexism and racism stands in the way of female reporters on Capitol Hill. Phone interview conducted by an unidentified male during a "Marathon." O'Leary discusses a movement of female staffers in Washington to organize, then plays a clip from an interview with Miriam Dorsey, who was a member of the Capitol Hill Caucus and went on to become Executive Director of the North Carolina Council for Women. Tape box label: Pacifica's Washington reporter raps about sexism on the Hill, particularly for reporters. She points out that racism is also very intense, and gets into what's happening in terms of organizing at this time. Interesting for Pacifica people, but not much use to anybody else. Good to archive for Pacifica historical purposes. |
Sexism -- Washington (D.C.), Women journalists -- Washington (D.C.)., Racism -- Washington, D.C., O'Leary, Ellin, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Politicians and politics | AZ0069 | Sexism on the hill / Ellin O'Leary |
| Open every eye / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy |
This is a documentary/collage on Ireland, quick scan past and present, from 1169 to the Easter Uprising of 1916, with music, poetry, actualities from the Irish Republican Army, the Civil Rights Association, and the women's movement, an analysis of the present society in the 'free' South, then a look at the situation in the North. With taped excerpts from members on the Provisional Sinn Fein, the Official Six County Republican Clubs, the Communist Party of Ireland, the Civil Rights Movement, and Friends of Irish Freedom. Produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. With technical assistance from Randy Tom and David Anger. Sources for the program included On Our Knees: Ireland 1972 by Rosita Sweetman; Governing Without Consensus: an Irish Perspective by Richard Rose; The London Times report on Northern Ireland; and the CBS Legacy collection. |
Irish Republican Army, McGillicuddy, Padraigin., Women's movement -- Ireland., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | AZ0052 | Open every eye / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy |
| Women in early Ireland : an interview / with Sharon Devlin ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy |
This recording is an interview Padraigin McGillicuddy conducted with Sharon Devlin concerning the role of women in early Celtic societies. Includes discussions of relative equality, marriage customs, fosterage, taboos as mind control, culture in general, the tribal systems, similarities to native American Indian structures, and religions. RECORDED: at Devlin's home. BROADCAST: KPFA, 17 March 1977. (Note on box: Same as AZ0320) Produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. Closing music "The women of Ireland" by Sean O Riada as played by The Chieftans. From box label: Some unusual stuff, received many requests for copies of same. Self contained. May have initially been broadcast as part of the Roots of Consciousness series. |
Devlin, Sharon, Marriage customs and rites, Celtic., Women -- Ireland., Fosterage., Paganism -- Ireland, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | AZ0047 | Women in early Ireland : an interview / with Sharon Devlin ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy |
| Income trend in the Soviet Union ; Women in the Soviet Union / William Mandel |
Soviet Press and Periodicals. Regular weekly show on KPFA, hosted by top Soviet Analyst William Mandel. Position of women in medical science is highlighted. Contains phone-ins. Mandel states it is his 20th annual program for International Woman's Day. Program begins with an answer to the last week's question regarding the Soviet income spread. (From label) Excellent show. Really informative and eye-opening for people traditionally filled with antipathy towards the U.S.S.R. Handwritten note: Opens with condemnation of KPFA's public affairs and traffic departments. |
Women -- Soviet Union., Income distribution -- Soviet Union., Radio call-in shows, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | AZ0038 | Income trend in the Soviet Union ; Women in the Soviet Union / William Mandel |