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
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