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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Women in British popular music

I was speaking yesterday about the fact that UK popular music was dominated by men, and indeed still is. This does not mean, of course, that some women did not make important contributions. Here are a few examples, genre by genre

FOLK
Sandy Denny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8

Maddy Prior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQKYs1UV7M

GLAM ROCK
Susi Quatro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vFTksaposs

HEAVY METAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYNWo93fPG8

PUNK
Polly Styrene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYoiCStDTQg

The Raincoats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZJt56z5Ywc


RAP/ hip hop
Lady Sovereign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQiI5k8FS7A

Ms Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5A1RZdCRGU

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