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American Women -- Music and musicians

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PRA Archive # Titlesort descending Description Keywords Broadcast Date
IZ1395 1979 Long Island women's music festival: Ruth Pelham and June Millington

The festival was held from March 17, 1979. Archives has two tapes from this event. The first has...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Long Island women's music festival, Women's music, Millington, June., Pelham, Ruth, Women musicians., Women's music festivals WBAI, May 27, 1979
WZ0050 A blind blues street singer / Flora Molton ; interviewed by Natalie Reuss.

Interview with Flora Molton, blind blues street-singer of the Washington, D.C. area. Flora tells...

Sophie's Parlor Media Collective., Street musicians., Musicians, Blind., Blues (Songs, etc.)., Women musicians., Molton, Flora, 1908-1990, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WPFW, Sept. 1976.
IZ0173 A Cabaret / with Terry Garthwaite, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Rosalie Sorrels ; produced by Edward Haber.

This cabaret with Terry Garthwaite, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Rosalie Sorrels took place at the...

Hawkins, Bobbie Louise., Garthwaite, Terry., Sorrels, Rosalie., Haber, Edward., Women musicians., Concerts., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 18 Apr. 1980.
IZ0123 A Folk special : Jean Ritchie / interviewed by Lynn Schoenfeld.

Folk singer Jean Ritchie (1922 - ) talks about her contributions as both singer and historian of...

Ritchie, Jean., Music -- United States., Folk music, American., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, May 15, 1978.
AZ0615 A Joyful noise: Ana Perez in concert

This is a performance by one of the Bay Area's most talented feminist composer/performers,...

Women musicians., Perez, Ana, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, November 6, 1972
BC0709.36 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...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, CLASSICAL MUSIC, Women musicians., Renaissance music. WBAI ca. 1975 (date unconfirmed)
BB2208 A public meeting before jail / David Harris and Joan Baez

An event featuring David Harris speaking about his pending conviction for draft resistance....

Harris, David., Baez, Joan, Draft resistance., Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- San Francisco (Calif.)., Final public meeting before jail / David Harris and Joan Baez.**The, Shurtleff, Jeffrey, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 16 July 1969.
AZ1114 A tribute to Madame Florence Foster Jenkins

A tribute to the satirical singing and recording art of Madame Florence Foster Jenkins (1868 -...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944, McMoon, Cosme, Sopranos (Singers), Women singers -- United States -- Biography KPFA, December 9, 1973
KZ0577 A tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Pearl Skotnes.

Tribute to folk singer and activist Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), which aired several days after...

Women musicians., Folk-songs., Political ballads and songs., Reynolds, Malvina., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 22 Mar. 1978.
BC0901 A valentine from Clare Spark

A collection of songs (mostly show tunes) sung by and/or about women in love. pt.1. Twenty...

Music., Songs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, February 14, 1972
AZ0014 A Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian.

One of the most remarkable avant-garde composers in the world is Annea Lockwood, who was born in...

Glass concert., Amirkhanian, Charles., Lockwood, Annea, 1939-, Women composers., Avant garde music., Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Sept. 6, 1972.
IZ0198 A women's guitar / Gill Burns ; interviewed by Edward Haber.

Guitarist, folksinger and songwriter Gill Burns is interviewed by Edward Haber at WBAI's...

Burns, Gill., Haber, Edward., Folk music, English., Women musicians., women's guitar / Gill Burns ; interviewed by Edward Haber.**A, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 5 Apr. 1980.
IZ1394 A women's music festival on WBAI (airchecks and production)

Tape One (Part A): Judy Pasternak starts by introducing the program that just ended, "Women...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women composers., Women musicians., Women's music, Gorman-Jacobs, Judy., Anderson, Beth, 1950-, Pool, Jeannie G. WBAI, May 10, 1980
IZ1524 Alberta Hunter: a very special woman (Part 3 only)

Live performance by blues singer Alberta Hunter (1895 - 1984) recorded at The Cookery in NYC on...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hunter, Alberta, Women blues musicians WBAI, Feb. 12, 1978; Oct. 27, 1984.
KZ0889 Alix Dobkin live! / interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

Alix Dobkin--Live! Or, who is the Avon lady? Alix Dobkin, singer and songwriter, talks about her...

Lesbians, Women musicians., Dobkin, Alix., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, May 4, 1980.
IZ1390 An eclectic evening with Rosalyn Drexler and David Shapiro

This is part one of a performance which was presented live in Studio C at WBAI in November 1972...

Drexler, Rosalyn, Shapiro, David, 1947-, Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 19, 1972; first rebroadcast March 8, 1973
AZ0614 An evening of music with Linda Tillery, June Millington, and Mary Watkins

On August 9, 1981, musicians Linda Tillary (vocalist), June Millington of the rock band "...

Tillery, Linda., Millington, June., Watkins, Mary, Women musicians., Evening with Linda Tillery, June Millington, and Mary Watkins.**An, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, October 11, 1981.
BC1691 An Interview with Judy Collins / interviewed by Barbara Cady.

Singer-songwriter Judy Collins discusses her music, her politics and her career with KPFK's...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Collins, Judy., Cady, Barbara., Women musicians -- United States. KPFK, 1973.
TZ0021 An Interview with Margie Adam / produced by Clara Kern.

An interview with songwriter Margie Adam by KPFT's Clara Kern. They discuss changing...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Adam, Margie., Women's music, Lesbian musicians, Kern, Clara KPFT, May 1981.
AZ1343 Benefit for women library workers / Malvina Reynolds and Margie Adam

Malvina Reynolds and Margie Adam perform at a benefit for Women Library Workers. Recorded at...

Reynolds, Malvina., Adam, Margie., Women musicians -- United States., Women Library Workers (U.S.), Glide Memorial United Methodist Church (San Francisco, Calif.), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Aug. 1, 1977.
AZ1656 Berkeley Women's Music Collective, BeBe K'Roche, and Rose Bubbling

Unlearning to Not Speak, Sisterhood Sounds Good. Bay Area women musicians live in our studio...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Berkeley Women's Music Collective, Be Be K'Roche (Musical group), Women musicians., Women's music KPFA, November 19, 1974
AZ1692 Berkeley/Oakland Women's Chorus live at the Working Women's Conference

Excerpt from a Berkeley/Oakland Women's Chorus performance at the Working Women's...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Women's music KPFA, 1973?
IZ0711 Bernice Johnson Reagon: Black Women's issues

Speech by Bernice Johnson Reagon, given November 11, 1980 at Barnard College's Reid...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-, African American women musicians, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Hamer, Fannie Lou, Black women -- Personal narratives. WBAI, April 8, 1981
BC1044 Birtha / produced by Judy Sherman.

Judy Sherman interviews the all-woman rock group Birtha. They discuss their origins as a band...

Women musicians., Birtha (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 2 Nov. 1972.
WZ0210 Black music / Ntozake Shange and Thulani Davis ; interviewed by Joan Thornell.

Joan Thornell interviews Ntozake Shange (1948 - ), poet and playwright, and Thulani Davis (1949...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African Americans--Music, Shange, Ntozake., Davis, Thulani. WPFW, May 3, 1977.
BC2378 Buffy Sainte-Marie interviewed by Pat Denslow

Guest is singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (b. 1941). This recording includes interview...

Sainte-Marie, Buffy., Women -- Songs and music., Singers., Feminism, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 9 Mar. 1975.
AZ0146 Carmen McRae / interviewed by Angela Davis.

Jazz singer, composer and actress Carmen McRae (1920 - 1994) talks with activist Angela Davis (...

McRae, Carmen., Women musicians., Performing arts -- United States., Jazz music., Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Jan. 16, 1978.
BC1739 Circle of sound

This recording is inspired from a live event last August (1973) at the Manhattan Theater Club...

Cryer, Gretchen., Women composers., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 8, 1973
AZ1132.50 Composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman (Episode 50)

A program featuring Bay Area-based composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rosewoman, Michele KPFA, July 23, 1977
AZ1132.32 Composer Frankie Mann (Episode 32)

A program exploring the work of Bay Area-based electronic composer Frankie Mann. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mann, Frankie, 1955- KPFA, February 12, 1977
AZ1132.13 Composer Grażyna Bacewicz (Episode 13)

A program exploring the work of Polish composer and violinist Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969)....

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bacewicz, Grażyna KPFA, August 28, 1976
AZ1132.39 Composer Marta Ptaszyńska (Episode 39)

A program focusing on the work of Polish-born contemporary composer and percussionist Marta...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ptaszyńska, Marta KPFA, January 14, 1978
AZ1132.44 Composer Martha Dee (Episode 44)

A program highlighting the work of composer Martha Dee, featuring recordings from a live concert...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Dee, Martha KPFA, June 11, 1977
AZ1132.22 Composer Megan Roberts (Episode 22)

Interview with Bay Area-based composer and video artist Megan Roberts. Produced and presented by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Roberts, Megan, 1952- KPFA, November 20, 1976
AZ1132.17 Composer Miriam Gideon (Episode 17)

Program devoted to the music of American Jewish composer Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996) in honor of...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996 KPFA, September 25, 1976
BB4224 Crazy Ruthie / Ruthie Gorton

Songwriter and performer, Ruthie Gorton, discusses and demonstrates her songs exploring the...

Women musicians., Protest songs., Gorton, Ruthie., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, May 18, 1971
KZ2779 Edith Piaf : a tribute / produced and narrated by Ruth Hirschman

Ruth Hirschman produced and narrated this biography of French singer Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963)....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963, Hirschman, Ruth., Women singers--France--Biography. KPFK, 14 July 19??.
IZ1418 Edwina Lee Tyler concert at Columbia University, 1979

Edwina Lee Tyler, pioneer of African drumming by women, gives a concert on November 10, 1979 at...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Tyler, Edwina Lee, African American women musicians, Percussion -- Songs and music. WBAI, possibly 1979 (no broadcast info on tape)
AZ1132.16 Elayne Jones, timpanist (Episode 16)

An interview with timpanist, percussionist and teacher Elayne Jones, a Black woman with...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jones, Elayne KPFA, September 18, 1976
AZ0137 Esther Phillips : an interview by Angela Davis / produced by Stephanie Allen and Angela Davis.

Soul and blues singer Esther Phillips (1935-1984) talks with activist Angela Davis (1944 - )...

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Philips, Esther., Jazz musicians., Women entertainers -- United States., Women musicians -- United States., Musicians, Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Nov. 7, 1977.
AZ0226 Faith Petric sings folk songs / produced by Ed Schoenfeld.

Faith Petric (September 13, 1915-October 24, 2013) sings folk songs written by other musicians...

Petric, Faith., Folk-songs., Women musicians., Radicalism -- Songs and music., Women folk musicians, San Francisco Folk Music Club, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, circa 1976
BB4216 Fanny / interviews by Gina Blumenfeld

Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss their origins as musicians, their influences,...

Women musicians., Rock music., Fanny (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 1971.
BC1070 Fanny: the all girl band

Members of the all-woman rock group Fanny discuss and play their music. The band consists of...

Rock music., Women musicians., Fanny (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 4, 1972
IZ0152 Fiddle music / Marie Rhines ; interviewed by Edward Haber.

Marie Rhines is a fiddler of Scottish, Irish, and American music. In this interview with Edward...

Rhines, Marie., Folk music., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, Aug. 18, 1979.
BB5182 Five great American ladies of song (Episode 3)

This is another program that Carlos Hagen has dedicated to eclecticism in music and song to show...

Women singers, Music -- American -- History and criticism., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 31 Mar. 1971.
AZ1664 Flying Lesbians

A copy of the German band Flying Lesbians' self-titled album from 1975 (Frauen Offensive)....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians--Germany., Lesbian musicians, Women's music KPFA, ca. 1975
AZ1132.01 Focus on Women Composers Overview, May 8, 1976 (Episode 1)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, April...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896, Tailleferre, Germaine., Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918, Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944, Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000 KPFA, May 8, 1976
AZ1132.43 Focus on Women Composers: A selection of tapes collected recently (Episode 43)

A program featuring tapes of women composers recently collected by Susan Sailow. Produced and...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cuniberti, Janet, Schonthal, Ruth, Silbert, Linda KPFA, June 4, 1977
AZ1132.08 Focus on Women Composers: Choral music, July 17, 1976 (Episode 8)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. This episode focuses on choral music by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bley, Carla, Talma, Louise, 1906-1996, Warren, Elinor Remick, 1900-1991 KPFA, July 17, 1976
AZ1132.55 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Collage (Episode 55)

A program focusing on contemporary collage works by women composers. Produced and master by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hawley, Carolyn Bowen, 1934-, Anderson, Beth, 1950-, Danielson, Janet, Ciani, Suzanne., Fontyn, Jacqueline KPFA, September 10, 1977
AZ1132.59 Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Women Composers (Episode 59)

The last in a series of four programs surveying compositions by women from the Renaissance to...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Perry, Julia, 1924-1979, Mamlok, Ursula, Musgrave, Thea KPFA, November 26, 1977
AZ1132.19 Focus on Women Composers: Electronic composers (Episode 19)

A program of electronic music composed by women composers. Presented by Virginia Kosanovic,...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, White, Ruth S., 1925-, Witkin, Beatrice, Smiley, Pril, 1943-, McLean, Priscilla. KPFA, October 30, 1976
AZ1132.07 Focus on Women Composers: Music to soothe and refresh, July 10, 1976 (Episode 7)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Susan Sailow, and Fleur...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Krimsky, Katrina., Shaw, Woody KPFA, July 10, 1976
AZ1132.05 Focus on Women Composers: Neo-Romantic Through 12 Tone, June 19, 1976 (Episode 5)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, Elizabeth...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982, Tailleferre, Germaine., Gideon, Miriam, 1906-1996 KPFA, June 19, 1976
AZ1132.23 Focus on Women Composers: Percussion music (Episode 23)

Program highlighting the work of women percussionists. Produced and presented by Virginia...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ptaszyńska, Marta, Kolb, Barbara, Perry, Julia, 1924-1979 KPFA, November 27, 1976
AZ1132.03 Focus on Women Composers: Renaissance through late Baroque, June 5, 1976 (Episode 3)

The first in a series of four episodes of "Focus on Women Composers" providing a...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Wilhelmine, Margravine, consort of Friedrich, Margrave of Bayreuth, 1709-1758, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640, Jacquet de La Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude, 1665-1729, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1739-1807 KPFA, June 5, 1976
AZ1132.27 Focus on Women Composers: Some Women in Rock (Episode 27)

A program highlighting women composers in the field of rock music. Produced and presented by...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Nicks, Stevie, Dunlop, Sara Ellen, 1936-1978, Millington, June., Millington, Jean, Joplin, Janis, McIlwaine, Ellen, Rubino, Virginia, McVie, Christine, Greenwich, Ellie, McCartney, Linda, LaBostrie, Dorothy, 1928-2007, Laflamme, Linda KPFA, January 8, 1977
AZ1132.31 Focus on Women Composers: Women in College Music (Episode 31)

Program exploring the American college music environment in which many composers find themselves...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Musgrave, Thea, Fine, Vivian, 1913-2000, Oliveros, Pauline, 1932- KPFA, February 5, 1977
IZ1145 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...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Women poets WBAI, 18 Dec. 1977.
IZ0175 Gay moments in straight music / produced by Rudy Grillo.

A program on popular songs from the last seventy-five years featuring male-to-male and female-to...

Boswell Sisters, Grillo, Rudy., Cantor, Eddie., Dietrich, Marlene., Sinatra, Frank, 1915-, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.)., Gays -- Songs and music., Lesbians -- Songs and music, Music -- History -- Analysis., Gay moments in straight music / produced by Rudy Grillo., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, July 25, 1979.
AZ0078 Got the blues / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi

"Got the Blues" is the story of rape, robbery and big big business. "Got the...

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 KPFA, 19 May 1977
IZ1181 Gwen Avery in Concert

A performance by jazz and gospel singer Gwen Avery in concert at Cooper Union's Great Hall...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women musicians, Lesbian musicians, Avery, Gwen, 1915-2001 WBAI, 15 Dec. 1979.
AZ1657 Gwen Avery performing at KPFA

Gospel and blues singer Gwen Avery (1943 - 2014) performs in KPFA's Studio B on January 30...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Avery, Gwen, 1915-2001, African American women musicians, Blues (Songs, etc.), Women's music, Women musicians. KPFA, January 30, 1977
AZ0447 Healing sounds and Lifting off, learning how to fly / by Joanna Brouk and Maggi Payne

Two musical works: one composed for use in hospitals, one for Peter Pan theme. 1. Piano: Healing...

Brouk, Joanna, 1949, Women musicians., Sound -- Psychological effect, Mind and body therapies, Sound -- Physiological effect, Payne, Maggi, Healing music, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Healing KPFA, 1980?
AZ0109 Hedy West / produced by Joan Medlin.

Hedy West presents songs by and about women, beginning with two of her own, and including many...

Medlin, Joan., Women composers., Women musicians., Folk music., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Mar. 8, 1977.
AZ1658 Helen Hooke's Band plays live on Mother's Day

Helen Hooke's Band plays live on Mother's Day, year and venue unknown. You Dream My...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hooke, Helen, Scalfi, Sindy, Women musicians. KPFA, date unknown
BC1601 Hillbilly Women / Kathy Kahn ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone and Paul McIsaac.

Kathy Kahn, songwriter, singer and author of Hillbilly Women (Doubleday) sings and talks to...

McIsaac, Paul., Rainone, Nanette., Country life., Coal miners -- Appalachian Region., Women -- Appalachian Region., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 14 Oct. 1973.
IZ0603 Holly Near / interview by Gail Pellett and Paul Gorman

Gail Pellett and Paul Gorman interview singer-songwriter Holly Near and Jeff Langley, her piano...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Near, Holly., Langley, Jeff, Lesbian musicians, Musicians -- Political activity. WBAI, Oct. 1975.
BC1814.05 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...

Near, Holly., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Near, Timothy, Near, Laurel, Langley, Jeff KPFK, 27 May 1973.
BC1933 If they'd had a room of their own

The sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny, was herself a pianist, singer and composer. Dorothy...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women artists -- History., Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855., Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847 KPFK, May 28, 1974
AZ1666.01 International League of Women Composers: String quartets (Episode 1 of 2)

First of two episodes of a series called "Expressions", produced by the International...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-, Coates, Gloria, Silsbee, Ann, Women composers., Women musicians., String quartets KPFA, August 16, 1980
AZ1666.02 International League of Women Composers: String quartets (Episode 2 of 2)

First of two episodes of a series called "Expressions", produced by the International...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women composers., Women musicians., String quartets, Schonthal, Ruth, Richter, Marga, Orenstein, Joyce Ellin, Tucker, Tui St. George, 1924-2004 KPFA, January 10, 1981
IZ1368 International women's day (1978) music (Part 1 only)

Aircheck of Morning Music on International Women's Day with Eileen Kane and Manya La Bruja...

International Women's Day, Women's music, Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, March 8, 1978
IZ1352 International Women's Day (1980) music

Aircheck. The music of Malvina Reynolds, Suni Paz, and Holly Near, with commentary by Judy...

International Women's Day, 1980, International Women's Day, Reynolds, Malvina., Paz, Suni, Near, Holly., Women's music, Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, March 8, 1980
AZ1762 Interview with cellist Eva Heinitz / by Will Ogdon

Cellist Eva Heinitz (1907-2000) is interviewed by Will Ogdon of KPFA about playing the cello and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Heinitz, Eva, CLASSICAL MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC, CLASSICAL, Cellists KPFA, between 1963-1968 (date unknown)
IZ1389 Interview with jazz pianist Connie Crothers

Interview with Connie Crothers (1941 - ), jazz pianist who was a student of Lennie Tristano....

Crothers, Connie, Women jazz musicians, Women musicians., Tristano, Lennie, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, January 21, 1979
AZ0780 Interview with Judy Mowatt / produced by Sue Supriano.

In Jamaica 1982, Sue Supriano interviewed Judy Mowatt, singer who was one of the "I-Threes...

Supriano, Sue., Women singers -- Personal narratives., Black singers -- Personal narratives., Marley, Bob, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 1982?
AZ1655 Interview with Meg Christian by Nancy Guinn

Nancy Guinn interviews musician Meg Christian in mid-July 1981, just after recording her new...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Meg, Women musicians -- United States., Lesbian musicians, Women's music KPFA, August 15, 1981
AZ0111 Janice Giteck / produced by April McMahon

This program features an interview with American Composer Janice Giteck and selections from her...

Giteck, Janice, 1946-, Women composers., Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963., Tohono O'odham Indians -- Fiction, Pima Indians -- Folklore, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, July 31, 1976
IZ1413 Jazzwomen U.S.A.: October 23, 1981

Self-contained episode from October 23, 1981. Conclusion of the previous episode's focus on...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Scott, Hazel, African American women musicians, Women jazz musicians WBAI, October 23, 1981
AZ1670 Jean Ritchie in concert (Part 1 only)

Jean Ritchie performs folk music in concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ritchie, Jean., Women musicians., Folk music -- United States KPFA, June 14, 1972
IZ1504.01 Jeriann Hilderly

Episode of Songs of Sappho's Daughters, featuring Jeriann Hilderly performing music....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hilderly, Jeriann, Women musicians. WBAI, July 16, 1974
IZ0838 Joan Jara and Quilapayun interviewed by Kathy Jarvis

Joan Jara, wife of Victor Jara, a Chilean folksinger who was executed during the September 11,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jara, Joan, Quilapayún (Musical group), Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-1988., Jara, Victor. WBAI, March 1, 1979
AZ1679 Joanna Brouk / Conch Shell: the Sea at Sunset (1973)

Joanna Brouk: Conch Shell: The Sea at Sunset (1973). Joanna Brouk was born in 1949 in St. Louis...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949, New Age music KPFA, ca. August 8, 1973
IZ0996.02 Kathy Smith and Burt Lee

Guests on this show are folk singers Kathy Smith and Burt Lee and producer Mark Roth. The...

Women musicians., Women folk musicians, Folk music -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, January 9, 1970
AZ0110 Katrina Krimsky / produced by Susan Sailow

This episode features the music of Katrina Krimsky, a Bay Area composer, musician, and teacher....

Krimsky, Katrina., Women composers., Women musicians., Katrina Krimsky / produced by Susan Sailow., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, July 2, 1977
BC2578 Latin American folk singer : Violeta Parra / produced by Carlos Hagen.

A biographical portrait of Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra (1917 - 1967). An activist and...

Hagen, Carlos., Folk music, Chilean., Parra, Violeta, 1917-1967., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 4 Feb. 1973.
AZ1008 Laurie Anderson on her music / interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian

Noted experimental musician Laurie Anderson discusses her music, the development of ideas, and...

Anderson, Laurie, 1947-, Musicians -- Personal narratives., Experimental music., Amirkhanian, Charles., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 11 Mar. 1979. Probably first broadcast April 7 or 8, 1979.
BB0921 Lena Horne / interviewed by Gene De Alessi.

"Lena: a sound portrait of a multifaceted lady." Lena Horne (b. June 30, 1917; d. May...

Horne, Lena, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American Women, Women artists, African American women entertainers, Women singers, African Americans--Civil rights--History KPFA, 12 Apr. 1966.
AZ1675.01 Lesbian Express: Live music show

Aircheck of a live music edition of Lesbian Express, from September 1973. Contents (Reel 1): 1....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Lesbian musicians KPFA, September 17, 1973
AZ1675.03 Lesbian Express: Sweet Chariot interview

Sweet Chariot is a women's rock band from the Bay Area who play funk, blues, rock and soul...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women musicians., Funk (Music) KPFA, March 23, 1975
IZ1069 Lesbian Pride Concert 1976 (Part 1 only)

Music of Casse Culver, Willie Tyson, Alix Dobkin, and Maxine Feldman. Casse Culver performs: "...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women's music, Lesbians, Lesbian Feminist Liberation, Culver, Casse., Tyson, Willie, Dobkin, Alix., Feldman, Maxine WBAI, 4 Sept. 1976
IZ1509 Lesbian Pride Concert 1978

Actuality from the 1978 Lesbian Pride Concert held during Lesbian Pride Week '78, organized...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Avedis, Sirani, Women's music, Lesbian musicians, Lesbian Feminist Liberation, Lesbians WBAI, ca. June 1978?
KZ0067 Lesbian sisters special: Women's music

Women's music has come a long way from the Andrew Sisters to Holly Near. What is "...

Women musicians., Lesbian musicians, Berkeley Women's Music Collective, Women’s music, Culver, Casse., Millington, June., Trull, Teresa., Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 4 Jan. 1977
KZ4500 Lesbian sisters: October 5, 1976

This is Helene Rosenbluth's first episode of the series "Lesbian Sisters" on KPFK...

Women musicians., Lesbian musicians, Brown, Rita Mae., Christian, Meg, Be Be K'Roche (Musical group), Olivia Records, Inc., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, October 5, 1976
BC0709.34 Local chamber music / featuring soprano Lucy Shelton (Part One only)

A program of local Chamber music, organized by and featuring vocalist Lucy Shelton, performed at...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Chamber music., Shelton, Lucy, Sopranos (Singers) 18 Dec. 1973
AZ1132.20 Lois Ann Thomas / produced by Joan Medlin (Episode 20)

Feminist folksinger and composer Lois Ann Thomas has long been performing her music for the...

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Previously cataloged as AZ0108.

Thomas, Lois Ann., Folk music., Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, May 21, 1977
AZ1674.01 Lois Ann Thomas live at Bishop's Coffeehouse

Lois Ann Thomas singing and playing at the Bishop's Coffeehouse in Oakland, California...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Thomas, Lois Ann., Women musicians. KPFA, September 6, 1976
AZ1132.09 Los Angeles Symposium of Women Composers, July 24, 1976 (Episode 9)

Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Tapes from women composers affiliated...

Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rubin, Anna, 1946-, Greenwald, Jan, 1952-, Vierk, Lois V., Palmer, Susan, Lovelace, Carey KPFA, July 24, 1976
BC2332 Mabel Mercer interviewed by Marian McPartland

Mabel Mercer (1900-1984), Black British cabaret singer, talks with Marion McPartland about her...

McPartland, Marian., Singers., Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- United States., Mabel Mercer / hosted by Marian McPartland., Women jazz musicians, Mercer, Mabel, 1900-1984, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 7 Feb. 1975.
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