The Linda Lindas burst on the scene in recent weeks, and it made us realize there is all kinds of GREAT music out right now by female solo artists and females who front bands, including several new, great ones from artists we first met in the 90s or earlier.
The Linda Lindas "Racist Sexist Boy"ALBUMS
Garbage No Gods No Masters. Great new album, listening also to the 2017 single "No Horses".
Sleater-Kinney Path Of Wellness
Liz Phair Soberish
Bachelor Doomin' Sun
St. Vincent Daddy's Home
Joan Armatrading Consequences
Angelique Kidjo Mother Nature
Portugal, The Man Ulu Selects Vol. #1 (Live)
Wolf Alice Blue Weekend
SINGLES
The Linda Lindas "Racist Sexist Boy"
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen "Like I Used To" (also see Jeff Tweedy's cover)
Soccer Mommy "Kissing In The Rain" from the Dark Nights Death Metal soundtrack, which also includes a Manchester Orchestra song "Never Ending".
OTHER WOMEN WE'RE LISTENING TO:
Waxahatchee, Lana Del Rey, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Dry Cleaning, Big Thief, Adrianne Lanker, Brittany Howard, Miranda Lambert, Julien Baker, Wye Oak, Vagabon, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Norah Jones, Dry Cleaning, Courtney Barnett, and Marianne Faithfull...
I've been a Marianne Faithfull fan for a long time. I've always loved "As Tears Go By" and Broken English. I met her one time and she was lovely. Just discovered her excellent 2004 collaboration with PJ Harvey Before The Poison. I enjoyed 2018's Negative Capability and this year's She Walks In Beauty, a collection of her performances (with Warren Ellis) of some of her favorite poems, including Lord Byron, Keats, and Shelley.
FROM BILLIE HOLIDAY TO BILLIE EILISH... MORE WOMEN ARTISTS OF NOTE: Billie Holiday, Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Carter Family, Odetta, Sister O.M. Terrell, Lucille Bogan, Aretha Franklin, Elizabeth Cotten, Mavis Staples, Janis Joplin, Sandy Denny, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Laura Nyro, Barbara Dane, Phoebe Snow, Mimi Farina, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Grace Slick, Joan Jett, Karen O, Sinead O'Connor, M.I.A., Blondie, Patti Smith, The Dead Weather/The Kills, Kim Gordon, Carla Olson, Aimee Mann, PJ Harvey, Soccer Mommy, Ex Hex, Weyes Blood, Y La Bamba, X, Valerie June, Cassandra Fairbanks, Lucy Dacus, Mia Zapata, Susanna ... leading to today's Lorde and Billie Eilish...
OTHER RANDOM SOUNDS WE'RE LISTENING TO
Walter Becker & Donald Fagen Becker and Fagen: The Early Years. Demos from the future Steely Dan.
Paul Weller Fat Pop (Volume 1)(Deluxe 3-disc Version)
Jeff Beck Truth (1968) First solo album with Rod Stewart
The Pretty Things Live At The BBC
Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime
Lord Huron Long Lost
Tinariwen Amassakoul (2004) and Elwan (2017)
Tom Morello The Catastrophists EP
The Mountain Goats Dark In Here
Dylan LeBlanc Pasttimes
Rory Gallagher Kickstart The Day
T. Rex Star King
Wavves "Hideaway". New album on the way.
George Harrison "Run Of The Mill". Outtake from All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary boxset out in August.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney."Stay On My Shore" (Joan Shelley cover)
Son Volt Electro Melodier (July 30)
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