http://www.ladysound.org How loud do we have to turn it up to get it heard? Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:14:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, so clearly I have been neglecting this poor blog, and that needs to stop. Here's the thing: My plan was for Ladysound to be mostly posts about awesome bands with women in them, written by people who love those bands*, with the occasional bit of analysis on women in music ... http://www.ladysound.org/2010/04/30/ladysound-the-future/ Recently, I interviewed the fantabulous Ruth Minnikin via email. (You can listen to her while you read this through her CBC Radio 3 artist page). Ladysound: I see that you've done a fair bit of touring this year. Does anything stand out from the last six months? Ruth Minnikin: Last month ... http://www.ladysound.org/2009/10/15/interview-with-ruth-minnikin/ I can never resist a good "best of" list, and culture blog Flavorwire has come up with the 50 essential women-in-music albums, giving a short blurb for each album. It's a pretty wide-ranging list, spanning a variety of styles and 50 years of music: from  Ella Fitzgerald's first songbook album back in ... http://www.ladysound.org/2009/09/20/50-essential-women-in-music-albums/ Grant Lawrence interviewed Julie Fader on CBC Radio 3 yesterday.  If you want to know why she's the “Polaris secret weapon,” you need to listen to this. http://www.ladysound.org/2009/09/15/julie-fader-interview-on-radio-3/ The wonderfully talented singer/songwriter/guitarist Aimee Mann will be touring Vancouver and the west coast of the US in early October (she'll be playing the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on October 8).  Mann's been on the music scene for many years, and received wide mainstream acclaim with the release of the offbeat movie Magnolia ... http://www.ladysound.org/2009/09/05/276/ Elle magazine has compiled a list of twelve of the greatest female electric guitarists ever. It's a pretty awesome list, but it doesn't have any audio, so I've rounded up some sites with audio or video from all twelve (links after the jump). Joan Jett Lita Ford Nancy Wilson (official site is here, but ... http://www.ladysound.org/2009/09/01/twelve-awesome-female-guitarists/ Check out the secret song char2d2 posted on her myspace page yesterday.  It's only going to be there for another day, so don't wait! http://www.ladysound.org/2009/08/28/secret-song-from-char2d2/ There's a neat article on Broadsheet about some of the problems with how women musicians are often discussed. It's much better than that sentence made it sound.  Go read it. http://www.ladysound.org/2009/08/26/women-in-music-on-broadsheet/ The Refrain Side Project has covers/reimaginings of songs from new indie film Refrain by independent artists.  A lot of the artists who've participated so far are women who you might want to check out.  Also, they're still looking for contributors. http://www.ladysound.org/2009/08/26/refrain-side-project/ CBC Radio 3 has put up an entire Special Edition Podcast on Women in Indie Music, hosted by Lisa Christiansen.  It includes tons of awesome music, a reprise of Amanda Ash's interview-filled short documentary from earlier this summer, and interviews with Amanda Ash, Eli Leary (talking about Rock Girl Camp ... http://www.ladysound.org/2009/08/18/women-in-indie-music-podcast-from-radio-3/