Jenny Woolworth’s Women in Punk Blog

Canaille was a series of annual festivals of women’s improvised music which took place in various cities across Europe between 1985 and 1992. A recording of the second festival, at the Rote Fabrik in Zürich on the 17 and 18 October 1986, was released on the Swiss record label Intakt in 1988. The event [...]

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Cheap beats entertain me for a night, clever songwriting carries me for a few weeks, while a strong singular voice lingers a bit longer. Then there are certain songs and albums that I keep returning to over the years -  Dadamah’s This is not a Dream LP has been sitting quietly and solidly in my [...]

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The new mayor in Zurich, Switzerland is Corine Mauch, the first female and first openly gay person to be elected to the esteemed office. She has strong ties to the small but dedicated local women’s punk/pop/rock music scene which stretches over the decades from LiLiPUT to SheZoo. Mauch has played bass in two female [...]

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GB Jones is a musician, filmmaker and artist based in Toronto, Canada and active in the queer/underground scene there since the early 80s. Her many projects over the years have included co-editing the seminal queer zine J.D.s with Bruce LaBruce and later Double Bill with friends and bandmates from her all-girl band Fifth Column. She has also appropriated [...]

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top row: Gudrun Gut, Karin Luner / middle row: Bettina Köster, Gudrun Gut, Karin Luner (l-r) / bottom row: Eva Gössling

Mania D. was a short-lived band, formed in West Berlin in 1979 when Beate Bartel and Eva Gössling came together with Karin Luner (a.k.a. Johnny Bass) and Bettina Köster and Gudrun Gut, owners of the clothing [...]

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A good mixtape is a narrative, bringing together a well selected series of songs in a seamless progression. Musicophilia has posted a three part mix of post-punk female led bands and it’s a suitable primer - inspiring, comprehensive and lots of fun. The songs and bands included on the mixes are listed below. For full [...]

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