Just received an email from Brisbane singer-songwriter, Ann Bermingham, advising that a new Australian songbook has been published :

The First Australian Women's Songbook
   an archive of 50 Australian women's songs from the 1970s through to the 1990s.    

compiled by Kerith Power : "Every generation has its music. Most of these 50 songs were collected from women all over Australia following four national women’s music festivals in Lismore NSW, who responded in the late 1980s to a national call for songs that expressed their daily lives, cultures, communities and causes. Many are relevant today to issues such as peace, gendered violence, environmental justice, and equality. Some of the artists are well known, others not."

Kerith invites comments, so checkout the website : https://firstaustralianwomenssongbook.com/


Cheers, R-J


CONTENTS

    A Heroine of Mine Judy Small
    Aqui y Alla Soledad Gallardo and Alba Martell
    Atomic Lullaby Dorothy Hewett and Mike Leyden
    Ballad of Women (long version) Dorothy Hewett
    Beat Your Breasts Sue Edmonds
    Birthing Song Jen Brown
    Bitter Winds Lina Eve
    Contact Zone Kerith Power
    Derby Hall Phyl Lobl
    Desert Rain Jill Stevens
    Dreams and Therapy Sue Moss
    Dreams and Visions Kath McMillan
    Earth Magic Barbara Stephenson
    For the Earth Deb Dare
    for Judy Leng Im Annie Kia
    Gentle Annie Creek Kerry Steer
    Gutzy Woman Ge??rge
    I’ll be at the Pub Tonight Pat Ann, Kelly & Mace
    Indian Pacific Joy McKean
    I’ve got the Munchies for You Sorell
    Liberation Road Kerith Power
    Losing Lady Phyl Lobl
    Love and Justice Kavisha Mazella
    Monogamy Shbedogamy Jan Cornall and Elizabeth Drake
    One Husband Away from Welfare Merriel Hume
    One is a Whole Number Fay White
    Patchworking Jen Brown
    Put Away to Die Ineke Veerkamp
    Railway Pie Merriel Hume
    Reclaim the Night Jo Belford
    Red Dust Jeannie Lewis
    Refuge Bay Lynne Muir
    Settler’s Wife Caroline Bushby
    Song for Jacqueline Judy Small
    Stimulatin’ Baby Anna Pemberton
    Suburban Sonnet Robyn Archer and
    Sweet Solitary Blues Robyn Archer
    Take the Toys from the Boys Deb Dare
    That Good Old Double Standard Robyn Archer
    The Call/Beryl, oh Beryl Chrissie Shaw
    The Ballad of Jenny Whittaker Wendy Joseph
    The Meaning of Life Sue Edmonds
    Tower of Strength Kath and Ini
    Vinegar Merriel Hume
    What do Lesbians Do? Barbara David
    We Are All One Carmel de Franchi
    When I Speak Openly – ‘?ta? ?????t? ???? Demeter Tsounis
    Women Like That Kerith Power
    Women Speak Justice Helen Kearins
    Whose Hand?/Whose Land? Margaret Kitamura/Ian Hill
    Yandeyarra Vi Lewin
    You Deserve Your Pay Rita Menendez