Being a female jazz instrumentalist has, at times, been like playing baseball in the old Negro leagues, according to percussionist Sherrie Maricle. "They'd tell them, `You guys are great but you still can't play in the majors,'" she says. But things change. Today, Diva - also known ...
Over 14K music fans have voted on the 115 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time. Current Top 3: Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan
Belinda Carlisle first rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the pioneering all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, who became a staple of the 1980s music scene with hits like “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed.” As the band’s popularity skyrocketed, so did Carlisle’s image...
Nobody's sweethearts: gender, race, jazz and the Darlings of Rhythm. Looks back on the story of the Darlings of Rhythm, an all-female African American big band that played during the 1940s. Origins; Debut performance; Travel... Tucker,Sherrie - 《American Music》 被引量: 1发表: 1998年...
she told gq in 2014 .“that was important for us to show in the kitchen scene, because it’s always about the female taking back the power, and if you want to be flirty and funny that’s fine, but always keeping the power and the control in everything.” enrique iglesias, “escape...
Historically, theGo-Go’s debutranks as the first No.1 album ever performed, and largely written, by an all-female band. It’s also a blast of pure fun, showing Charlotte Caffey, Jane Wiedlin, and Kathy Valentine as first-class songwriters who’d absorbed everything great about California...
Having studied Jazz Piano Performance at UC Berkeley while working as an intern at APE, LP learnt about the inner workings of the music biz, which would later benefit her as an artist. When she joined an “all-female electronic synth sci-fi band” after college, LP copped that the produce...
Also ranks #83 on The 115 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time Alice in Chains Grunge Alternative metal, Heavy metal, Sludge metal Alice in Chains, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1990s, emerged from the grunge scene in Seattle, Washington. The band was formed in 1987 by...
The premise of the film is interesting, though. This time around, the main character is a female pop superstar called Skye Reilly(Naomi Scott),who is making a comeback after an horrendous car crash in which her boyfriend died. They were both high as kites when it happened, and Skye is ...
but the fact that it’s delivered by an all-female band (who recorded it at a time when such things were still a relative novelty) gives it an extra kick. So, too, do a couple of searing leads from Kelly Johnson, who remains one of the most underrated guitarists of the era.—D....