On this page we are collecting our very own press archive. It will include any interviews we give, work by other people which references us and press mentions we get. If you want to give the WLM Music Archive some media coverage, we’d be very happy – please let us know so we can add you to this page!
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August 2023: Our friend Marlene Schnedl – a freelance music editor mainly in the fields of jazz, free improvised music, experimental music and more at the public broadcaster – ORF – in Austria at Radio Österreich Eins (Ö1), whose main focus for years has been on female musicians, composers and feminist artists, found the archive this year and was impelled to create ‘a programme or possibly a series, about the archive and the fantastic female musicians.’ info on the program, in German, is below, with the llink:
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230813#729417/The-Women-s-Liberation-Music-Archive”
Feministisches Musikschaffen in Großbritannien und Irland in den 1970er und 80er JahrenThe Women’s Liberation Music Archive, gestartet am 01. Mai 2011, dokumentiert und würdigt den Reichtum und die Vielfalt des feministischen Musikschaffens der 1970er und 80er Jahre und zeigt seine Bedeutung im politischen und sozialen Kontext dieser Zeit.
Wie in anderen sozialen Bewegungen und politischen Kämpfen war der kulturelle Aktivismus ein wichtiger Bestandteil der “Women’s Liberation Movement”, die in den späten 1960er Jahren begann. In einem großen Aufblühen der Kreativität verbanden Feministinnen künstlerische Aktivitäten mit Politik, um feministische Ideen zu entwickeln und auszudrücken. Weibliche Musik-, Film- und Theatergruppen breiteten sich in den 1970er und 80er Jahren aus.
Die CD “Music and Liberation: A Compilation of Music from the Women’s Liberation Movement” erstellt für die von Debi Withers (Mitinitiatorin des Archivs) kuratierte Ausstellung “Music and Liberation”, enthält zwanzig Titel von einigen der dokumentierten feministischen Musikerinnen der 1970er und 80er Jahre.
Darunter u.a. Abandon Your Tutu, Bad Habits, Bright Girls, Feminist Improvising Group, Frankie Armstrong, Friggin’ Little Bits, Ginger and Spice, Jam Today, No Rules OK, Proper Little Madams, Sadista Sisters, Siren, Stepney Sisters.
Die Spielräume Spezial bieten Gelegenheit diese Klänge neu zu entdecken – oder sich mit der Musik und dem Aktivismus dieser Ära bekannt zu machen.
Gestaltung, Marlene Schnedl
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2016: WLMA was interviewed for Sonic, Sweden’s number one music magazine, in their annual ‘end of the year’ issue for 2016.
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September 2016: Great article in the Guardian on the Glasgow Women’s Library also gives WLMA a plug: ‘Glasgow Women’s Library: a treasure trove that shows how far feminism has come’
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/19/glasgow-womens-library-feminism-museum-womens-history-uk-cookery-books-spare-rib-anti-suffragette?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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March 2016: Thanks to Carolyn Skelton in Aotearoa/New Zealand for giving us a mention in her column: http://eveningreport.nz/2016/02/02/bowie-retrospective-part-3-feminism-music-an-a-that/
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April 2014: WLMA was invited to talk on Out in South London, Resonance Radio’s LGBT Arts Programme. Thanks to Rosie, Sabine and the team for the chance to spread the word about the archive, and play some of the music!
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In a Guardian Comment Is Free article on 26 June, 2013, Anya Pearson conducts a clever experiment to visually represent the issue of gender inequality in music by editing the posters of ‘some of Britain’s best-loved festivals deleting all the acts with no female members … The results are as striking as they are shocking: blank spaces flood what would otherwise be a crowded list of artists.’ And she provides a link to the archive, as her mother is a member of the much-loved Stepney Sisters. Thank you Anya!
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The Women’s Liberation Music Archive features in The Guardian on Sunday, 11 March 2012 in an article by Alexis Petridis – to read it click here.
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Deborah Withers talks to Jayne Chard from ShoutOut radio on Saturday 9 July 2011 about the WLM Music Archive. With discussions of and excerpts from the music of Ova, The Fabulous Dirt Sisters and Jam Today.
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the girls are – a UK-based independent online music magazine, celebrating and supporting women in music blogged about us, 2 June 2011. Read all about it here.
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Jenny Woolworth has included a post about us on her blog. May 19, 2011.
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Frankie Green talking on ‘Camp Universe City’ on NTS radio, 5 May, 2011.
Thanx to everyone who has tweeted and blogged and posted about and linked to us
– much appreciated!
The Women's Liberation Music Archive 
Hello everyone.
This is an amazing resource -i knew it was happening but have been looking today for the first time. Really inspirational. Thank you. Have you seen this write up in the guardian today? http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/mar/11/critics-notebook-alexis-petridis?commentpage=last#end-of-comments
Just linked to it now. Glad you like it!
Dear fantastic founders,
First of all, I must express my great respect for this unique work.This incredible, painstakingly compiled archive has been around for 12 years and I only recently came across it; I spent almost a whole day studying all the entries in detail.
I work as a freelance music editor mainly in the fields of jazz, free improvised music, experimental music and more at the public broadcaster – ORF – in Austria at Radio Österreich Eins (Ö1). My main focus is on female musicians, composers, feminist artists.
I’m going to do a radio programme about the archive, that’s for sure!