2010-12-10

Norway is the home of many great musical acts but most of the women I know are vocalists, and I am kinda trying to highlight instrument playing women as well. And there I was, procrastinating as usual, when I found out that Ida Maria was not only Norweigan but played teh guitar! SCORE!!!!Wikipedia

Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen (born July 13, 1984) is a Norwegian rock musician known primarily by the stage name Ida Maria. Her first album; Fortress Round My Heart was released in 2008. In November 2010 she released her second album (in Norway) called Katla.MORE

So the first song speaks to me this week. Its finals, equipment is malfunctioning, I haven't had enough sleep and good grief, I feel out of control sometimes, let me tell you!

Ida Maria - Oh my God

Flavor Wire- Killer Queen: An Interview with Ida Marie

FW: Personas are really interesting. In the US especially we’re overrun by female rockers in mini-skirts. ( my note:*RAISED EYEBROW* We are? Where? No seriously, where are the female rockers that we are overrun with, nevermind the ones in miniskirts? And NO the Pussy Cat Dolls don't fucking COUNT. And even if there was, whose fault is that? psst...check her answer to the next question*....Also, can I just say that I HATE it when women are set up to bash other women?) You’re not one of the Pussycat Dolls, but, on the other hand, a song like “Better When You’re Naked” isn’t entirely different on its face than what they do. How do you think about that type of sexuality? ( Dear USians. Get the fuck over yourselves and fix your unhealthy relationship with sex. yours truly, a fedup of the misogyny music consumer)
IM: When I wrote “Naked” that was very much a comment on all this objectification of the female body. I’ve been over to the UK a couple of times and seen the Page 3 girls with the boobs. There’s always so much hysterical media around the female naked body. I am very much interested in the male nakedness. I felt like someone needs to point that out: It’s not only guys that like to see people naked. I just wanted to clown it around, just make it very loud and clear, that I’m not necessarily the object. I’m actually the subject; I’m actually observing you.
FW: Do you worry about a tendency to paint you into a category?
IM: That’s a big issue in the music business. I’ve been fighting so many fights to be able to keep my integrity on that point. There are so many expectations, even though I’m actually a songwriter. *You can get that: “You should put more make-up on; you should wear this; you look better with you hair like that.” I’ve just gotten to the point where I don’t take any crap from anyone. I want to be part of a female league that’s actually making a bigger space for female musicians… I think a lot of girls are doing that, actually taking our space. (You GO woman!)With more or less luck; it’s a hard business, a very cold and finicky business.MORE

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According to this site on Aussie rock musicians Ruby Hunter was the first Aborginal woman to record solo in the history of Australia music.

Her Wikipedia gives slightly more information.

She was a member of the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal nationality, and often performed with her partner, Archie Roach, whom she met at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers.^[3] She received two ARIA Award nominations, for Best Indigenous Release for Thoughts Within in 1995, and Best Blues & Roots Album for Feeling Good in 2000, respectively.
Hunter won Deadlys in 2000 for Female Artist of the Year, 2003 for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music and 2004 for Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score. She made her acting debut in One Night the Moon. With Archie Roach and Paul Grabowsky she wrote and performed the concert "Ruby's Story", which tells her life story through song and spoken word.^MORE

Her voice is deep and sends shivers down your spine...

Ruby Hunter with Paul Hester - ain't no time for me to ever complain

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2010-12-10

Oh my God...its Ida Maria!!!

RIP Ruby Hunter

Women Who Growl - Kathy Coupez from Dylath- Leen