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Has the YEAR OF THE WOMAN come 'round again, as it seems to do every five years or so in some mainstream rag or other?
Nah. It's Creative Loafing's position that every year is the year of the woman.
That said, 2007 seems like as good a time as any to focus our annual Music Issue on women artists. In the ensuing pages, we've profiled 10 local women musicians of varied stripe and style. We did not take the choosing of these artists lightly, and we're keenly aware that there are plenty of other local talents who deserve attention, too. As some of our interviews bear out, women don't always have it easy in the Tampa Bay music scene.
Still, these 10 honorees have all found a way to make an indelible mark. They range from buzzed newbies to sage veterans and they work in many different genres, but they have one thing in common:
These chicks rock.
The issue's other major feature is a compendium of 100 essential CDs by women artists from the early 20th century to the present. This was fun: Everyone on the editorial staff weighed in, and the discussions gave rise to some spirited arguments around the conference table. (For instance: Should a pin-up girl like Gwen Stefani make the list? We ultimately decided no.) Sound clips accompany the profiles of several of our local artists, and our 100 CDs list includes a podcast in I talk with Wade Tatangelo and Wayne Garcia about some of the choices we made for the list; listen for excerpts from some classic cuts.
Finally, in the news-you-can-use category, we include a list of Florida music fests and a guide to local venues.
So, let's go. As Queen Latifah declared back in 1989, "The title of this recital is Ladies First."
– Eric Snider
Music Issue 2007: Chicks Rock
Tampa Bay's top 10 women musicians — plus 100 must-have CDs by women artists
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RE: Music Issue 2007: Chicks Rock
Posted by Wade Tatangelo on 04.20.07 @ 01:13 PM
How can you say that the man who sang "Crocodile Rock" doesn't rock? Seriously, though, Elton John did rock, at least, for awhile. check out 11-17-70 (Live) and Madman Across the Water, two of the best rock albums of the '70s. Also, Knowing Stu's Tina Louise did make our list.
RE: Music Issue 2007: Chicks Rock
Posted by Rewrite your Article on 04.18.07 @ 01:58 PM
1. KLIK 2. Chumley's Toy 3. Mr. Bella 4. Trans Era 5. Someday Souvenir 6. Heroine 7. Kore 8. Doll Parts 9. Knowing Stu 10. Lucid Fly These bands all have females in them that play instruments... Do they play well? some... however based off the title of the article, they are by far more of a chick that rocks than any of the people listed. Its way obvious that all those people know each other... which is kind of sad, and nothing to be angry about, but don't make a category for People who rock and nominate Elton John. If one of these bands that I have listed doesn't have a female in it who plays an instrument, than they have a female lead vocalist... which I consider a "Chick that Rocks" ... 1 or 2 of these bands even have both...I guess its up to the listener... I only like a couple of these bands myself, but I think that I at least fell under the category!
RE: Music Issue 2007: Chicks Rock
Posted by Christopher Clement on 04.15.07 @ 04:31 PM
I, too, am glad to see a good sampling of talent w/o narrow genre constraints. It's tough to pick 100 must-have albums (of all time) but I wanted to suggest another I found, purely by chance, at a thrift shop for a quarter. It's one of those "big black CD's" as I often refer to vinyl in the presence of my students. "Day By Day" by Doris Day with Paul Weston is simply amazing, especially the standard "I Remember You". It's very hard for me to imagine anyone knowingly discarding such a beautiful recording. If you like Roberta Flack and Dionne Warwick, try to find this one.