News & Views Violinist Satu Vänskä on why the survival of live music is important for all of us Satu Vänskä, Principal Violin of the Australian Chamber Ocrchestra, is the latest guest on The Leadership Lessons podcast.
News & Views An all-star lineup joined Julia Gillard for a stunning I Am Woman tribute to Helen Reddy It was a Helen Reddy tribute that recreated her most iconic song for the ages: I Am Woman, bringing together Australia’s biggest stars.
News & Views ‘Her voice will live on forever’: Vale Helen Reddy, I Am Woman singer & feminist icon Australian singing and feminist icon Helen Reddy, known for her 1972 hit I Am Woman, has died at the age of 78 in Los Angeles.
News & Views Women dominate 2020 Grammy nominations with Lizzo up for 8 awards Next year’s Grammy nominations are in and women are leading the way, especially in the four major categories: record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist.
News & Views Clare Bowditch: Her own kind of girl (the kind of girl we can all learn from) Clare Bowditch’s memoir Your Own Kind of Girl explores the grief of losing her sister at age 5, anxiety & her long struggle with body image and acceptance.
News & Views Hollywood icon Doris Day dies aged 97 The Hollywood icon and multi-talented performer Doris Day has died aged 97.The singer, actress and dancer had her first No. 1 hit in 1945.
News & Views Three female musicians were either assaulted or harassed at their own gigs on the weekend Kira Puru, Alex The Astronaut & WAAX frontwoman Marie DeVita each took to social media to describe being either harassed or assaulted.
News & Views We crunched the numbers on ten recent ‘world’s best guitarist’ lists. Where are the women? Despite 50% of new guitar players being women, females are on short supply in lists ranking the greatest players of all time.
Music DJ Kristy Lee Peters (KLP) has just written 14 songs & is ready to unite the creative sector Kristy Lee Peters (better known as KLP) is seriously multi-talented. She’s a Sydney producer, DJ, radio host and singer who has also recently launched her company, This if Ricochet.
News & Views Is the music industry sexist? Last week while visiting the Tate Modern in London, I pondered a poster by feminist group Guerilla Girls — “The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist“ — and chuckled along with it.
Ed's Blog ‘Be pretty & cute. Do not express an opinion. Don’t act too smart & do not age’: Madonna blasts the rules for women. “I stand before you as a doormat … Oh, I mean, as a female entertainer”.