This Women’s History Month, the many voices of North Carolina’s women will be ringing strong and clear on our socials an...
This Women’s History Month, the many voices of North Carolina’s women will be ringing strong and clear on our socials and website. Our state has produced so many amazing women artists, one month seems woefully inadequate to charting their contributions. Nevertheless, we’ll do our best in the time allotted! Let’s get started with a playlist, linked in the bio, which demonstrates the dominance of North Carolina women (past and present) over all the major genres of music.
Tracklist:
“Ectome,” Ashrae Fax (Greensboro)
“Back in My Bag,” Rapsody (Snow Hill)
“Toothache,” Wednesday (Greensboro)
“My Kind,” Rosali (Durham)
“Sleeping is Easier,” Chessa Rich (Durham)
“Shoo-B-Doop-and-Cop-Him,” Betty Davis (Durham)
“No More Fighting Cats,” Des Ark (Durham)
“Insult to Injury,” The Butchies (Durham)
“How I Get Myself Killed,” Indigo De Souza (Asheville)
“Precita,” Mount Moriah (Durham)
“Hook & Line,” Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson (Greensboro)
“Childish Love,” Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Durham)
“Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues,” Nina Simone (Tryon)
“Lean Closer to Me,” Skylar Gudasz (Durham)
“Wilson Rag,” Elizabeth Cotten (Carrboro)
“Railroad Bill,” Etta Baker (Caldwell County)
“Our Town,” Eliza Meyer (Raleigh)
“Say Darling Say,” Sheila Kay Adams (Sodom Laurel)
“Sweetwater,” Tres Chicas (Raleigh)
“Spring,” Angel Olsen (Asheville)
“You You You You You,” Katharine Whalen & The 6ths (Chapel Hill)
“Little Rider,” Gibson & Toutant (Durham)
“Hello,” Shirlette Ammons (Durham)
“Supposed to Make You Happy,” Sklyar Gudasz, Kate Rhudy, Libby Rodenbough
“The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face,” Robert Flack (Black Mountain)
“Praise the Lord,” Mary Lou Williams (Durham)
Image: Betty Davis mural by artist Scott Nurkin in Durham, NC. This mural is a part of the NC Musicians Mural Trail.
Alt. text: Purple, pink, black and gray mural of Betty Davis on gray building, under blue sky