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By: Shea Rose

Shea Rose — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:41 +0000

just came across your blog on black women and rock. loved it….i’m a rocker myself….

wanted to share this event with you too….

Women in Rock: Cindy Blackman, Felicia Collins, Siedah Garrett, Nona Hendryx, Joyce Kennedy, and Meshell Ndegeocello
Wednesday, October 8,2008 8:15 p.m.
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Women in Rock is the brainchild of Kudisan Kai, associate professor of voice, who will perform two of her songs. Said Kai, â€œI wanted to offer the college something that was straight from my heart and experience, share my knowledge in this genre, and discuss the musical, social, economic, and political influences that made these women choose such a path. Many people don’t even realize there is such a thing as a black female rocker. These women are very strong, multi-talented, and well-versed in several genres of music. I decided to showcase these women at Berklee, where they can garner respect as outstanding instrumentalists, singers, and Grammy Award-winning songwriters, and be role models for all female musicians.â€

Terri Lyne Carrington, a professor of percussion, is the musical director for the concert and will play drums for all of the artists. The star backing band includes powerhouse bassist Meshell Ndegeocello (who will not sing lead) and guitarist Felicia Collins of The Late Show with David Letterman. Rounding out the band are Berklee student Cedric Hanriot on keyboards and alumnus Aurelien Budynek on guitar.

The concert is being filmed for a documentary by Sheila Hardy titled Nice and Rough, exposing the unknown history of black women in rock.

Student Shea Rose and her band will open the concert

By: Cecelia Taylor-Hunt

Cecelia Taylor-Hunt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:23:33 +0000

This is a great article! Thanx! Allow me to talk a little about myself relating to rock music. I’m a 21 yr. old Black/Cherokee-Blackfoot (Native American) College Student who listens to all kinds of music. My specialty is rock music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I’m from the Bronx. I am currently a student in SUNY Potsdam College in Potsdam, NY and I still get exposed to a lot rock music from the past and other great music genres. I thank God that my mom exposed me to tons of great musicians from the past and the present. Because of her, I ended up getting an eectric guitar with a small amp – a Brownville NY guitar at Sam Ash. It was on sale (LOL!). The only hip-hop I listen to are the ones from the 80s and 90s. I listen to some undergound hip-hop that are not getting the big exposure as it should. My mom, who’s been a math teacher since 1982 from NYC (1982 – 2005)to Yonkers (2005 – present), have received questions by her colleagues and her junior high school students such as “What kind of music your daughter is into?” Her answer: she’s eclectic. most likely, she listens to rock music. She gives an brief explaination about how black people a a hole should definitely have the right to be exposed to different kinds of music. I guess you can say that I grew up in a hosehold where music diversiy is pretty much the main key to success. About my Brownsville Guitar – I still have it in my dorm room and I play it in the evenings up till 10. I hope to be in a ban playing lead guitar someday. My influences are Lenny Kravitz, Nirvana, Guns N Roses (oldGNR), Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel), the list goes on orever. Anyways, thanx for writting this great article and I hope we can team up playing kick ass 80s or 90s rock n roll covers together. That would rock, don’t ya think?

By: Sue Le Vent

Sue Le Vent — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:45:30 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up on all those artists! I’ll ne checkin them out.

Can’t agree with you on Fefe though, I think she got dropped because her music is terrible.