Saved like the Bell
Music in pubs has been the starting point for many artists careers, but can such venues survive?
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Are We There Yet?
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Women in the Music Business
Will you ever go to another gig?
Will virtual reality become the safer, cheaper, easier, ready-made alternative to going out to listen to music?
Counting the Cost of Discrimination (1/4)
"Only 15% of women songwriters are signed to publishers, whilst for every woman signed to a record label there are five men."
Tik Tok: Masters of the Music Universe?
Tik Tok may be running into trouble politically but its influence on the music industry remains considerable.
Not everyone gets a prize? (3/4)
“Over 91 men or all-male groups were credited on the Official Chart top 100 most popular songs of 2018, compared to just 30 female artists."
The ‘Bain’ of Discrimination (4/4)
In our fourth article on women, the music industry and discrimination we interview prominent campaigner Vick Bain.
The Remarkable Survival of 'Trees'
2000 Trees - what it takes to set up and run an award winning festival. Andy Rea talks to AWTY.
Take the crap out of rap
Roanne Mesirow talks to AWTY about the discrimination she faced, when setting up Mezz, a female led music management company.
The Mother of Rock
Bi, black, and bombastic, R&B legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe has never received the recognition she deserves.
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.
The Starling that Flew West
From Milwaukee to LA might be a 2,000 mile journey and a big step to make at a young age, but having made it, dance/pop singer songwriter...
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
My, my, my Delilah
There’s pink, shocking pink, dayglo pink and then there’s Delilah Bon in your face, shout-it-loud, confrontational, girl-punk, pink. Or...
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 Eden Dawn about how to achieve success as a singer-songwriter.
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.
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
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 - blues guitarist.
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.
The Grind of Having a Bump
For women in the music industry being pregnant and in the public eye is not always easy.
Country Life
Rising star Demi Marriner talks about women and country music
‘When You’re Down and Troubled’
Our five top picks for musical antidotes to feeling depressed
Heard but not seen: Women and Punk
The Sex Pistols, The Clash, etc; the names of punks best known bands trip of the tongue. Yet why has women's role in punk been neglected.
On the Rocks
Why there’s more to being a female lead singer than an ice-cold demeanour.
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