Credits
- Holly Near—Producer, curator and host
- Tess Hoover—Associate producer and curator of Photo Gallery
- Kate Peterson—Associate producer and web designer,
Pleasantly Progressive Design
- The Understory, Maya Pisciotto & Fabián Aguirre—In-studio interviews/short film cinematography and editing
- Helene Rosenbluth— Additional remote production coordinator/editor
- Susan Frazier & Goldenrod Music—Music research
- Sherry Hicks — American Sign Language Coordinator
Major contributing photographers:
Irene Young, JEB (Joan E Biren), Jerry Rubino, and Sandy Morris
Made possible by financial support from
Dale Leibowitz
Great thanks to the artists:
Linda Tillery
Mary Watkins
Carolyn Brandy
Melanie DeMore
Krissy Keefer
Sally Roesch Wagner
Lichi Fuentes
Rhiannon
June Millington & Ann Hackler
Vicki Randle
Judith Casselberry
Elizabeth Seja Min
Crys Matthews
Heather Mae
Angela Wellman
Patricia Thumas
Lakota Harden
Peggy Berryhill
Barbara Higbie
Ginny Z. Berson
Ellen Seeling & Jean Fineberg
Timothy Near
Candas Barnes
Ray Obiedo
And to
Taiko film maker Vita Yee, Taiko master Bruce “Mui” Ghent, Dance Brigade Taiko drummers: Lena Gatchalia, Fredrika Near Keefer, Kimberly Valmore, Sarah Bush, Debbie Taylor, Karen Elliot, Richelle Donigan. Artistic director, Krissy Keefer.
Thanks to readers, editors and those
who offered advice and perspective:
Ginny Z. Berson
Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
Natalia Zukerman
Pat Hunt
Polly Laurelchild
Alison de Grassi
Sandy Opatow
Sharon Washington
Bonnie Johnson
Diane Sabin
Ellen Bonjorno
Lisa Vogel
Bonnie Morris
Andrea Kandel
Claudia Hartley
JT Mason
Fredrika Keefer
Terry Grant
Cathy Cade
Gary Mankin
Jamie Anderson
Amy Horowitz
Amy Bank
Donna Korones
Ned Hearn
Amanda McTigue
Melissa Howden
Frances Reid
Nancy Vogl
Marian Knox
Molly Wilson
Doralynn Folse
Jim Brown Productions
7-Cylinders Studio
Thank you to our talented sign language interpreters:
Ariana A. Saccente
Annie Dieckman
Mónica Gallego
Sherry Hicks
Jennifer Jacobs
Mona Mehrpour
Jennie O’Shughnessy DeLeon
Pam Parham
Cathleen Riddley
Ann Smith
Jody Steiner
Deb’e Taylor
Lynnette Taylor
Grateful to:
Freight & Salvage
Radical Harmonies
Come Out Singing
Olivia Records
Redwood Records
Bay Area Lesbian Archives
The Brick Hut
Hats off to those who made Women’s Music possible:
Women’s book stores
Women’s recording labels
Women’s music festivals
Record producers
Concert producers
Tour managers
Artist managers
Booking agents
WILD – Women’s Independent Label Distributors
AWMAC – Association of Women’s Music and Culture
The poets, comics, dancers, film makers
Ladyslipper Music
Goldenrod Music
Roadwork
Girlfriends and best friends
Audiences who came to the shows and bought the music
People who opened their homes for artists to stay
People who fed the touring artists
Supportive feminist press
Press that was willing to interview out lesbians in the seventies
Radio programs who played Women’s Music
Record stores that carried feminist and lesbian music
Parents who understood and supported their children
Children raised by feminists and lesbian feminists
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