Good morning everyone,

I went to a gig on Wednesday, and it was great, so today is about women and music.

Firstly, here is a song by Sasha Siem, whose show I went to and enjoyed:

Here, too, is Kassia, the first recorded female composer. She gave up the chance to be an empress to land a zing on an emperor who negged her.

"-Ἐκ γυναικὸς τὰ χείρω."

"-Kαὶ ἐκ γυναικὸς τὰ κρείττω."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassia

Blackheart is still my favourite LP of the year so far, you will probably want to listen to it in Spotify but here it is in YouTube also. Please enjoy the contrast between this pullquote and the Kassia story.

I’m […] intrigued and impressed at the maneuvering behind the woman matching the Billie Jean idea. She’s making it. It’s a feminist take on who people call the hoes and video girls of the world or whatever they may be – by the end of the record I’ve become her.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/30/dawn-richard-interview/  

Enjoy your weekend,

Alex.