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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: Lauper(?), Feminism and Ferron
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Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 18:43:39 EST
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> I understand there's a fairly vocal group of feminist musical artists who
> employ a folk, and often country, idiom to express a peculiarly intense
> statement.

It's true.  Now, what I like about Ferron is that she's a top-notch
musician who uses her music to express good things.  This sets her apart
from most feminist musicians (and I've listened to a lot of them), who
might be considered "politically correct" in some circles, but are truly
terrible musicians.  I've seen her in concert a few times, and things she
has said indicates that she thinks of herself more as a musician than as
bearer of political messages.  Because of the quality of her music, the
political messages come through more strongly and more convincingly than
is true of people like Meg Christian, Chris Williamson, and Therese Edell.
Also, Ferron's music is positive and human.  

Another musician I like a lot is Robin Flower, who is probably
more identified with the new acoustic music than with feminist music.
Fortunately, she does both very well.

Being a died-in-the-wool folkie, I don't know anything about what sort of
feminist/political rock groups are out there, but I'd be curious to hear
about them.

-- 

Melinda Shore, Microcomputer Laboratory
University of Chicago Computation Center
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