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Tag: Making Music Herstory

Making Music Herstory Vol VIII: Meredith Monk

Posted on 27th April 201827th April 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Meredith Monk will be 76 this year and she’s still going strong. The American composer, vocalist and performer released her last album in 2016, contributing to an impressive discography that’s already the length of a […]

Making Music Herstory Vol VII: Daphne Oram

Posted on 9th March 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

I can honestly say I have never enjoyed researching another article more than I enjoyed this one. Daphne Oram is a wonder. A pioneer of ‘music concrete’ and one of the unknown, underappreciated godmothers of […]

Making Music Herstory Vol VI: Syd

Posted on 23rd February 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Syd, having dropped ‘Tha Kyd’ for her solo venture, is hardly unknown. In fact, she’s been making waves with her music for years. She was the only founding female member of hip hop collective Odd […]

Making Music Herstory Vol V: Midori Takada

Posted on 26th January 201827th January 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

One of the many failings of our western media – and there are many – is that it rarely takes the time to look beyond the Western hemisphere for the Next Big Thing. The internet […]

Making Music Herstory Vol IV: Moe Tucker

Posted on 30th November 201730th November 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Maureen Ann Tucker, or just plain old Moe, is the former drummer for the Velvet Underground. She began playing drums at 19 without having had any lessons, and she taught herself to play by drumming […]

Making Music Herstory Vol III: Odetta

Posted on 10th November 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Odetta, born Odetta Holmes, is the greatest folk singer you’ve never heard of. She championed the American folk revival of the 1950s and 60s, influencing all the big names: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin. […]

Making Music Herstory Vol II: Bonzai

Posted on 5th November 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Bonzai is part of the new generation of women making music herstory today. She takes the lessons learned by her foremothers and crafts them into her weird and wonderful music, creating tracks that are so […]

Making Music Herstory Vol I: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Posted on 27th October 20175th November 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Welcome to Making Music Herstory, where Jemima Skala will be highlighting and celebrating incredible female musical talent, past and present, that you might have missed. Not through any fault of your own, but our music […]

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