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The ballad of Wendy & Lisa

Wendy Melvoin, left, and Lisa Coleman pose with the award for oustanding original main title theme music for "Nurse Jackie" in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

So in my travels I stumbled across this article on the 150 albums created by women. This prompted me to write a long, angry, ranty blog post about how badly I think female artists have been treated by music critics (indeed by critics of all the arts), which I then deleted. I then wrote another… Continue reading The ballad of Wendy & Lisa

‘Melody Dean’ by Amanda Palmer

First recommendation of the month. When all else fails on the iPod, particularly if H and I are on a long car journey and need an immediate shot of adrenaline straight to the heart, it’s usually ‘Melody Dean’ by Amanda Palmer.