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Tori Amos has always had a one of a kind take on music making. In this three minute vignette she talks about the changes pregnancy and motherhood has had on her voice, and covering songs written by men. Read the full description.
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Also in the Women Making Music series
Women Making Music: Dolly Parton
(00:03:53)
From: WXPN
Country music legend Dolly Parton reflects on her connection to her Tennessee roots and life-long ambition to make music
Women Making Music: Dar Williams
(00:02:59)
From: WXPN
Folk singer Dar Williams reflects on the craft of songwriting
Women Making Music: Candye Kane
(00:03:00)
From: WXPN
Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry
Women Making Music: Ani Difranco
(00:03:19)
From: WXPN
Folk singer and independent spirit Ani Difranco muses about her career and music
Women Making Music: Mary Gauthier
(00:03:00)
From: WXPN
Mary Gauthier is a Nashville based performer who has used her rich life experience as fodder for her material.
Women Making Music: Joan Baez
(00:03:12)
From: WXPN
In this "Women Making Music" vignette folk icon Joan Baez ponders her evolution in both her personal and artistic life since her beginnings as a performer forty years ago.
Women Making Music: Erin McKeown
(00:03:00)
From: WXPN
Singer songwriter Erin McKeown muses about her artistic process and fascination with Judy Garland in WXPN's continuing series of short modules called Women Making Music
Women Making Music: Jolie Holland
(00:02:45)
From: WXPN
Jolie Holland is a Texas-born singer-songwriter with an impressive musical vocabulary and a wandering spirit. The newcomer muses about her life in this vignette.
Women Making Music: k.d. lang
(00:03:03)
From: WXPN
Genre defying performer k.d. lang remarks on her life in music as WXPN continues it's "Women Making Music" vignettes.
Women Making Music: Lucinda Williams
(00:02:53)
From: WXPN
In celebration of Women's History Month our Women Making Music series continues with words and music from Alt. Country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.
Piece Description
Women Making Music is a series of short (two to three minute) first person accounts of artists talking about their lives and their craft. From WXPN--one of public radio's leading Tripple A stations--Women Making Music encompasses some of today's most important established singer-songwriters (Like Lucinda Williams and Suzanne Vega) as well as performers whose names you may not recognize. They hail from a variety of genres from Alternative Country to the Blues.
Broadcast History
Airs locally throughout the month of March on WXPN-FM.
Timing and Cues
Begins and ends with Music.
Musical Works
Strange Little Girls, '97 Bonnie & Clyde From Strange Little Girls (Atlantic)
Mother from Little Earthquakes (Atlantic)
Witness from The Beekeeper (Epic)