I'm certain that some MeCCSA colleagues will be interested in this fabulous new archive of feminist music-making in Britain and Ireland from the 1970s on--histories, photos, posters and ephemera, interviews, videos, MP3s of recordings, links, the lot. It's an outstanding achievement in accessibly archiving cultural politics--George
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From: WLM Music Archive WLM Music Archive [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sun 01/05/2011 11:55
To: WLM Music Archive WLM Music Archive
Subject: News: WLM Music Archive launched May Day & online now
Dear friends,
A huge 'Thank You!' to all of you who have responded positively to the idea of a feminist music archive. And to everyone who has given us encouragement and kindly contributed material and given us permission to reproduce their work - thank you all for your generosity!
We're very pleased to say the archive is now online at http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com <http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com/>
It's exciting working on the archive project and we hope it will be a useful and interesting resource. We have promises of more material to come and are looking forward to that. This is an open-ended project and we will continue to add material as and when we receive it ~ so if you haven't yet sent us info but would like to, no problem! The archive has always been seen as a work-in-progress and once the process of networking, gathering material and mapping women's music during the 1970s and 80s began, we realized how much there is to document, and that this is - hopefully - just the beginning!
As you will see, there is quite a lot of info for some entries and little or none for others. Please help the archive to grow and to fill the gaps! All support in achieving the aim of creating an archive which will be as comprehensive and inclusive as possible is much appreciated. We welcome personal stories, photos, anecdotes, memorabilia - and, especially, of course, audio/visual material.
The archive includes links to relevant websites: women's ongoing music-making, feminist activism and other archiving projects. If you have a website, please do link to the archive.
Please don't hesitate to contact us for any further info, to provide feedback and to send us material you feel should be included. Attached please find a Press Release, in case you have contacts who could spread the word, which would be great.
Many thanks again to everyone who has enabled this project to get underway!
All best wishes
Debi Withers and Frankie Green
The Women's Liberation Movement Music Archive
http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com <http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com/>
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