Rock 'n' Roll 'n' Blues Women!

Saw a documentary on them this summer. (ETA:HA!!! Here it is!!! It came out in maybe the early 2000s. HEART - Behind the Music Part One,Part Two, Part Three and Part 4) A big round of applause to Heart! Both sisters are serious multi-instrumentalists and sing, but Ann Wilson is known for the powerhouse vocals, while Nancy Wilson does sweet sweet things to the guitar:)

Heart - Barracuda (1977)



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Wikipedia

Khan, was born in London on 25 October 1979.^[2] Until the age of five she was raised in Wembley where her parents had met and married several years before. She was born to a Pakistani father, Rehmat Khan (a former professional squash player from Peshawar) and to an English mother.
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Khan graduated in music and visual arts;^[5] while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller, and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album. "Whenever I'm writing music it's a very visual place in my mind," she said. "It has a location full of characters and colours and landscapes, so those two things really complement each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other. They are like brother and sister."MORE

Bat for Lashes - Moon and Moon


Multi-instrumentalist Bat for Lashes plays the piano, bass, guitar, autoharp AND the harpischord. DAMN I envy her!


If you are wondering, like me, what the hell is an autoharp?

Bat For Lashes - Prescilla THAT thing in this song would be that instrument.



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