[FA Worldmusic] Fwd: Your question about Historical Women in WorldMusic

Evangeline Kim evangelinekim at verizon.net
Wed Jun 4 23:05:12 ADT 2008


It's very difficult to separate historical importance from qualitative 
achievement, comparative international and national cultures, and the myriad 
genres involved - for both women and men in the realm of the arts.

Evangeline


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Hochman" <shochman at pacbell.net>
To: "Kutay Kugay" <music at seveneighths.com>
Cc: "Folk" <fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Fwd: Your question about Historical Women in 
WorldMusic


> So then as the list gets longer and longer, the question becomes:
>
> Which ones would you put at the top of the list based on historical
> importance?
>
> The original question was not about which women are the best, or even
> most significant in their countries/cultures/genres, but presumably
> "historically important" in a way that far transcends those settings.
>
>
>
>
> Around the World
> http://www.spinner.com/category/around-the-world/
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Kutay Kugay wrote:
>
>> And let's not forget the greatest living Persian singer Fatemer Vaezi
>> Parisa and Kurdish vocalist Aynur.
>>
>>
>> Kutay
>> On Jun 4, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Angel Romero wrote:
>>
>>> Since the topic has moved to living women:
>>>
>>> Dolores Keane
>>> Carmen Linares
>>> Maria del Mar Bonet
>>> Pastora Pavon (deceased)
>>> Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera
>>> Agnes Buen Garnas
>>> Maria Kalaniemi (instrumentalist)
>>> Susana Seivane (instrumentalist)
>>>
>>>
>>> coracomp at aol.com wrote:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: coracomp at aol.com
>>>> To: Sandy at SandyMiranda.com
>>>> Sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 1:54 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Your question about Historical Women
>>>> in World Music
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kandia Kouyate and Cesaria Evora.
>>>>
>>>> Linda Bawden Allen
>>>> The Cora Company
>>>> 8306 Wilshire Blvd, 254
>>>> Beverly Hills, CA, 90211, USA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Sandy Miranda <Sandy at SandyMiranda.com>
>>>> To: olivier conan <barbes at earthlink.net>
>>>> Cc: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
>>>> Sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 1:14 pm
>>>> Subject: [FA Worldmusic] Your question about Historical Women in
>>>> World Music
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The topic is not closed, and thanks for your input.  I'm still
>>>> collecting and will send the final list to everybody....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:50 PM, olivier conan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Roza Eskenazi
>>>>> Lydia Mendoza (who Crumb killed off in his liner notes a good 10
>>>>> years before she actually died last year in San Antonio)
>>>>> Chavela Vargas
>>>>> Lola Beltran
>>>>> Chabuca Granda (probably one of the greatest Latin American
>>>>> composer)
>>>>> Fairuz
>>>>> Frehel (my French bias)
>>>>> Esma Redzepova
>>>>> Reinette l'Oranaise
>>>>
>>>> Sandy Miranda
>>>> radio host/producer since 1988
>>>> KPFA/KALW
>>>> @new web site@
>>>> http://www.SandyMiranda.com
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