Women and the music industry

Women make the mix

'A female drum and base DJ? Surely not!' Megan Stevens is trying to break the mould as she explains to AWTY

A Sound Career?

"I had in-house engineers walk out of the venue because I was a girl doing the sound, I had my mixes sabotaged."

Five Steps on How to Succeed as a Solo Music Artist

AWTY gets some tips from experimental, pop singer-songwriter, Eden Dawn about some of the steps you might need to take to achieve success.

Not everyone gets a prize?

Female artists in 2021 won many awards but does this really mean less discrimination in the music industry.

Rocky Road

Sex and drugs and rock and roll or maybe just hard work. Lulu Davis talks about her career managing at the loud end of music.

Why Artists are Steaming about Streaming

Streaming has done a lot to help the music industry combatting pricey etc. So why has there been demonstrations outside Spotifys offices.

Etta Baker's Blues

She influenced Dylan and Taj Mahal, had nine children, yet only hit blues fame in her 70's. The story of Etta Baker.

Blowing up a Storm

“I’ve had loads of racist comments from white musicians." Arnetta Johnson's battle to become a rising star of jazz trumpet.

Stand by Your Man

It's 23 years since Tammy Wynette died on the 6th April 1998. Yet despite her success her life was mired in tragedy and failed relationships

Can live music survive virtual reality?

Will virtual reality become the safer, cheaper, easier, ready-made alternative to going out to listen to music?

Remembering Dusty

It's twenty-two years years since Dusty Springfield, Britain's sixties soul legend and latter-day gay icon, died at the age of fifty-nine.

Is Time Running Out For Tik Tok?

Increasingly used by aspiring musicians Tik Tok has gone from obscurity to being one of the worlds fastest growing social media platforms.

Playing for Change

How can male artists lessen musical festival and event discrimination? Andrew Lansley explains

Swimming Against the Stream

For most people in the music industry the House of Commons Select Committee hearings are not their first-choice for internet browsing....

Remember Music Festivals?

Andy Rea, co-founder and organiser of 2000 Trees Festival, about what it takes to set up and run an award winning event.

K-pop: Sugar & Spice but is it nice?

K-pop (Korean pop) has been growing over the last 20 years, and even more so in the last 10. My first memory of K-pop, like for so many...

The Grind of Having a Bump

For women in the music industry being pregnant and in the public eye is not always easy.

Why women get the blues?

As another report on discrimination comes out, we look at how discrimination might be lessened for women in non-performing roles.

Country Life

Rising star Demi Marriner talks about women and country music

In Memory of Amy

A review of BBC's programme Back to Black: The Raw Pain and Sorrow of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black

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