Jenny Woolworth’s Women in Punk Blog

Concluding the three part series on my experience with riot grrrl, I talk with Sara Marcus, author of the recently released book Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution.
This book is necessary in so many ways. It’s necessary to me so that I could get a full picture of a [...]

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I’m thrilled about Mother Festival - three days of wowmen’s music in London on the 20.21 and 22 May 2010. Following up on my blog post a few weeks ago I’ve now made a mixtape of some of the sounds of some of the bands (and some bands related to the bands) that will be [...]

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I’d like to invite you to join me in my neighborhood for a bit of a good time. The MOTHER Music Festival is happening on 20, 21 and 22 May 2010 in London and will  feature the wow sounds of female led punk, pop and rock from across the UK and Europe. Alongside the musical [...]

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There are three kids in London making beautiful noise together - Charlie Mahony, Crystabel Riley and Kiera Fox - known collectively as Maria & The Mirrors. Their live set consists of Kiera and Crystabel banging out syncopated tribal rhythms on their dueling drum kits while Charlie tweaks and manipulates a set of electronic devices to [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all you lovers and daggers out there! The Hungry Hearts, a multi-media, pin-up performance band from Oslo, Norway, are here to give as all a bit of lesbian love advice.
The group consists of seven ladies: Tonje Gjevjon, Line Halvorsen, Ingeborg Kolle, Edith Roth Gjevjon, Amina Bech, Henriette Høyskel and Mona K [...]

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Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke are best known as musicians performing with Erase Errata and Electrelane, respectively. With both bands currently on hiatus, Sara and Mia came together to reflect on a central element of band life - touring. 
The result is a beautiful 7″ square book with accompanying DVD called The Art of Touring published by Yeti Publishers and featuring [...]

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