Music as Empowerment: An Intersection of Identity and Activism

Opening background song Keep on Keeping On Jojo Call Back Signal Spirit Passages Song for the Unborn Mari Boine Syadotako Tatyana Lar Geese Nukariik Maybe Ulali Compulsive Rhythms poetry and drumming by women of CAPSA Tihou Beyatene Tartit Oshun's Orange Aco Takenaka Tuatha-na-Gig Global/Carolyn Hillyer/Nigel Shaw Uldda Nieida (Uldda Girl) Mari Boine Transformation Kitka Everything is Music Kris Delmhorst Tell Me My Sister Kim Trusty Here we are at the threshold holy day of the Equinox. We are either returning to Spring or Fall, depending on where we are on the planet. Either way, it is always an energetically magically rich time that can feel full of shift and promise. So, this month I hope to bring you music that will stir your wonder and curiosity at the crossroads. Most all the artists are under represented or non-represented female voices. They range internationally from a traditional Ukrainian Slavic song about the Rusulka (the restless spirits of women who have died untimely or unjust deaths) to music from Inuit throat singers to female voices from Mali. Closer to home I’ve also included the voices of women survivors of domestic violence from a project Elizabeth York produced in the early 2000 in Utah with them at CAPSA. I hope you are intrigued, inspired and will seek out further music by these amazing women! Art by RL CaldwelI