hidden gems - Joyce Kennedy of Mother's Finest

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Mother's Finest - Rocking

Mother's Finest @ROCKPALAST - Give it up (Encore)
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Mother's Finest - Baby Love - live 1977
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Mother' s Finest - Truth'll Set You Free 1978
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And oh yes they went there:

Mother's Finest - Niggizz can't sang rock'n'roll (1976)

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Mother's Finest is a funk rock band founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Joyce Kennedy and Glenn Murdock in the early 1970s. The group charted with the singles "Fire" (#93 Pop Singles), "Baby Love" (#79 Black Singles, #58 Pop Singles), "Don't Wanna Come Back" (#54 Black Singles), "Love Changes" (#26 Black Singles), and "Piece Of The Rock" in the mid to late 1970s.
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Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy of Mother's Finest:The Hippest Holy Roller Rock Music Has Ever Known

A super-cool act formed in Atlanta in the seventies, Mother's Finest made history as the first multicultural heavy metal band. But more specifically, Mother's Finest is considered the preeminent funk rock group, thanks in part to the woman who as co-lead vocalist sounded like quite the holy roller: Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy.

Lifting the spirits of funk rock fans to near-religious heights, Joyce Kennedy would part her lips at a microphone and something like a lightning bolt of soul struck a chord with all who heard her.

"Baby Jean" was born in a tiny Delta town called Anguilla, Mississippi, and was raised in Chicago. Which is where she met the man who would become her husband and co-lead vocalist, Glenn Murdock. Together, Joyce and Glenn embodied the next generation of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, but with a decidedly, hardcore rock 'n roll spirit. Joyce surely delivered the spine-tingling vocals for which Tina was known. But something of Joyce's voice also possessed the honey-drenched warmth of Gladys Knight, too.

Too out-of-the-box for black radio, too black for rock radio, Mother's Finest found -- and absolutely still has -- a loyal, cultish following.
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So when I wasn't looking, Nearly Women, Kenyan Alt Rock band Murfy's FLaw

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went and got some good vids made. Blow me DOWN with a feather! Here is I to share with you the plunder:

Murfy's fLaw - Contagious

Murfy's fLaw - Hello Light

Murfy's Flaw - In Silence
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Murfy's fLaw - Live at Fiesta 2011 pt 3
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Murfy's FLaw is : Reema - Lead Vocals, 9 - Lead Guitar (the dude), Punky Monkey - Rhythm Guitar, Jojo - Keys, Jozie - Bass, Vicky - Drums

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Murfy's fLaw (often misspelt as Murphy's fLaw or Murphy's Law) is Kenyan alternative rock band formed in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007.

It is a 6-piece band that is unique in Kenya in its chosen genre of performed music, the fact that they are all full-time non-music professionals and that it is composed mainly of rubenesque girls. There is only one man in the band.[1]

Murfy's fLaw is also unique in its Multi-cultural mix of peoples from different tribes and countries.[2] The band's varied musical style has fused traditional rock with elements of funk, reggae and an indescribable tinge that can only be described as Kenyan.

On November 21, 2008, Murfy's fLaW released their début album Makosa.[3][4][5]

On November 11, 2011, they released their sophomore album, "Hello Light".[6]

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2005 article on women in India's rock bands. Video illustration by me!

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The chicks behind their kits:Women rockers in India? May their tribe increase

On the international scene, female rockers have always had a niche. But try going on a quest for women in rock bands in India, and you would encounter only a few.The female vocalists, of those there is shortage. But the women who make the sound behind the vocals? Ah there you have us. Says guitar teacher Rupert Fernandes, "Female rockers are as good as non-existent. This could have a lot to do with the fact that being in a rock band involves being on the road a majority of the time, and practising late hours may not be so easy for women. Also, holding the crowd together at a rock show could get challenging."

While rock band Scribe's bassist, Srinivas,

Scribe @ Independence Rock XXII Finals

Scribe - 1234 Dracula live at blue FROG - 5th September, 2010

feels "women may be shy", Exhumation's guitarist Prashant Shah says, "There are hardly any men in the country who listen to rock these days, so women rock fans are even more scarce, let alone being band members."

But let that not fool you. Across India, female rockers are increasingly making their presence felt. Take Yasmin Kazi,

Yasmin Claire from Myndsnare

drummer of Bangalore's progressive death metal band Myndsnare. She says the initial reaction when the crowds saw her was of scepticism. '"What's a girl gonna' drum for a death metal band', they asked," she says. "Or 'What's that singer chick doing behind the kit'?" But after five years of showing the country her double bass skills, even professional drummers across the country quiver when they watch her play.

Myndsnare - Raining blood.mpg

Gino Banks, a sessions drummer, insists she is the best drummer in India for that genre.


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The Pink Band from India's Disney Channel's Dhoom Machaao Dhoom

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Clearer sound but you gotta follow the link:

Pink Band in Indian Rockers - tv series Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (DMD) (Disney)

and this is a medley of different bands including the Pink Band playing the same song and catch the girl keyboardist in the first band and the girl drummer and singer in the third! Ab Aayega Mazaa - Tantra, Pink Band, Rockstars (DMD)

The Pink Band - Ujli ujli si pehli

The sound is crap (i cannot get a clear version to save my life, the hell!?) but you can get the picture:

Pink Band - Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (Disney)

Ahhh...here's the info: Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (from Wikipedia)

Dhoom Machaao Dhoom was a Hindi programme which used to air on Disney Channel India. It premiered on January 8, 2007, with a one-hour special introductory episode, which had songs by the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs winner, Sanchita Bhattacharya. She performed the song Aisa jadoo in the same episode. The story deals with Priyanka Sethi and the Pink Band, a band which she formed with her friends. The show used to air from Monday to Thursday at 9.30 p.m.(IST). As of April 2008, it has been replaced by another Hindi show called Sanya. Sanya was stopped due to poor ratings and was replaced by Kaarthika.^{[citation needed]}MORE

The Pink Band is: Priyanka Sethi: band leader, lead singer and guitarist.
Kajal "KJ" Jain: Drummer
Malini "Malu" Sharma: Keyboardist
Ambika "Bikki" Gill: Tamborine
Sameera : Singer, songwriter, temp member of the band.