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).
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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 Vancouver), and me (talking about Ladysound).  I think it’s pretty awesome.  I even like the parts with other people, so it can’t be only because I like to hear myself talk.

Check out this fantastic interview with Sarah Buchanan and Eli Leary (two of the organisers of Girls Rock Camp Vancouver) from Lauren Burrows’ show on CBC Radio 3 this morning.  They talk about what it’s like to be a female musician, why it’s important to have a rock camp just for girls, what they’re trying to create with the rock camp, and the many things that they’ll be teaching.

They also gave an update on their quest for gear: they’re still looking for donations and loans, especially of electric guitars and bass guitars.  They could also use a few more PAs and drums.

As well, Lauren’s blog post this morning has the trailer for Girls Rock! (a documentary about the original Rock’n'Roll Camp for Girls), links to some other rock camps, and info about Girls Rock Camp Vancouvers’ upcoming events—a thrift sale and a show.  You can also read about the events on Girls Rock Camp Vancouver’s events page.

I’ve added a link to FEMMUSIC to the links page.  They’ve got some cool stuff over there; check out the interview with Schuyler Fisk.

As has been mentioned in a couple places here now, Amanda Ash (an intern at CBC Radio 3) published her short radio documentary Women in [Canadian] Indie Music on Friday when she finished her internship there.  It’s full of great music and interviews.  Go listen to it.