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Ann Powers

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How Joni Mitchell Pioneered Her Own Form of Artistic Genius

On the long and continuing struggle of women artists for recognition on their own terms.

by Ann Powers via Literary Hub on June 17, 2024
Before And After

The allegations against Michael Jackson make listening to his songs a struggle, one that resists the comfort those songs once provided.

by Ann Powers via NPR on December 11, 2019
The Cruel Truth About Rock And Roll

A lifelong fan reflects on how sexual exploitation is part of rock's DNA.

by Ann Powers via NPR on July 15, 2015

Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell

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Joni Mitchell being interviewed in 1972 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Seeing Ourselves in Joni Mitchell

Ann Powers’s deeply personal biography of Joni Mitchell looks at how a generation of listeners came to identify with the folk singer’s intimate songs.

by David Hajdu via The Nation on June 11, 2024

Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair

In the mid-1990s, Sarah McLachlan set out to prove a woman's place was center stage.

by Sasha Geffen, Jessica Hopper, Jenn Pelly via Vanity Fair on September 30, 2019

Audience members enter the Lilith Fair festival stage, at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA, Sept. 22, 1998

The Oral History of Lilith Fair, As Told By the Women Who Lived It

It was a time when promoters were telling women in music: “You can’t put two women on the same bill. People won’t come.”

by Melissa Maerz via Glamour on July 5, 2017

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