The Female Bob Dylan

The Female Bob Dylan
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The Female Bob Dylan

A new music podcast from writer, researcher & producer Sophie Abramowitz, artist & musician Sarah Bachman, and folklorist, writer & SPINSTER co-owner Emily Hilliard. The tongue-in-cheek name is inspired by the phenomenon of women folk musicians of the 20th-21st centuries being dubbed, for better or worse (usually worse), “the female Bob Dylan.” This is a podcast about gender & genre, singer-songwriters, the idea of tradition, and what we need to do to find Connie Converse (according to ChatGPT). Join us as we hang out, talk a little trash, and reassess the women of the folk scene.

  1. Episode 7: Odetta Takes This Hammer 

    2 DAYS AGO

    Episode 7: Odetta Takes This Hammer 

    In our last official episode of the season, we celebrate the brilliant, iconoclastic life of singer, guitarist, and activist, Odetta. We talk interpreters & inheritors, Black music & Black history, and Odetta's role as a connector between the folk revival & the civil rights movement. We also redeem theater kids and confess our brushes with Unitarianism.

    1h 1m
  2. Episode 6: The Official FBD Last Waltz Tier List with Kana Zink

    NOV 27

    Episode 6: The Official FBD Last Waltz Tier List with Kana Zink

    Our Last Waltz Thanksgiving Special! While Sophie rests her voice, our friend Kana Zink steps in to help us rate the performances in Martin Scorsese's documentary of The Band's 1976 farewell show on a scale from "superior" to "madness or genius?" We also discuss Levon Helm's thousand yard stare, visit Garth Hudson's mulch factory, and consider the correlation (or causation?) between V-neck depth and ego.

    58 min
  3. Episode 5 Bonus: Hejira and the Anti-Troubadour with Lou Turner

    NOV 15 · BONUS

    Episode 5 Bonus: Hejira and the Anti-Troubadour with Lou Turner

    We bring one of our favorite songwriters and theme song artist Lou Turner on the pod to discuss Joni’s road album Hejira and Lou’s not-on-the-road album Microcosmos (2022). We also talk Nashville’s weird music underbelly, try hard troubadours, and that Wolf Eyes side project “Crazy Labrador.”

    29 min
  4. Episode 5 (Part 2): Joni Mitchell’s Contemporary American Music with Allison Chomet

    NOV 1

    Episode 5 (Part 2): Joni Mitchell’s Contemporary American Music with Allison Chomet

    Round two of our own personal Joni Jam. Hissing of Summer Lawns - Hejira - Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter corridor, confronting Joni’s blackface and redface, collaborations with Jaco Pastorius and Larry Klein, streaming-era gripes, and sitting through Brandi to hear Joni.

    1h 4m
  5. Episode 5 Bonus: Joni Mitchell at the Hollywood Bowl Recap feat. Allison Chomet

    OCT 21 · BONUS

    Episode 5 Bonus: Joni Mitchell at the Hollywood Bowl Recap feat. Allison Chomet

    An on-the-ground recap of last night’s Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam show at the Hollywood Bowl from someone who was really there, man.

    13 min
  6. Episode 5 (Part 1): Joni Mitchell's World of Emotion with Allison Chomet

    OCT 18

    Episode 5 (Part 1): Joni Mitchell's World of Emotion with Allison Chomet

    We enter the world of Joni Mitchell to discuss the dialectic of muse and muse-er, the appeal and cultural baggage of confessional songwriting, the bad men of the folk revival, "the cool girl" trope, life in Saskatoon and Laurel Canyon, and more. Featuring the brilliant and very fun Joni expert Allison Chomet!

    51 min
  7. Episode 4 Bonus: Pack Up Your Sorrows: On Mimi Fariña

    OCT 11 · BONUS

    Episode 4 Bonus: Pack Up Your Sorrows: On Mimi Fariña

    As we dug deep into Joan Baez’s history and lore we found ourselves drawn to her little sister Mimi Fariña, whose story is usually hewn to her husband Richard and to Joan. For a few minutes, we unspool the moment and send our flowers to Mimi and her beautiful voice.

    11 min
  8. Episode 4: You, Me & The Revolution: On Joan Baez

    OCT 4

    Episode 4: You, Me & The Revolution: On Joan Baez

    We follow Joan Baez’s life through her meteoric popularity when folk music was the thing and discuss what exactly that thing was: as in, we talk revival and invention, tradition and interpretation, authenticity, corniness, and theft. We also sit with Joan’s politics, how she’s been positioned as *the* female counterpart to Dylan, and her vibe as a committed barefoot person.

    1h 10m
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A new music podcast from writer, researcher & producer Sophie Abramowitz, artist & musician Sarah Bachman, and folklorist, writer & SPINSTER co-owner Emily Hilliard. The tongue-in-cheek name is inspired by the phenomenon of women folk musicians of the 20th-21st centuries being dubbed, for better or worse (usually worse), “the female Bob Dylan.” This is a podcast about gender & genre, singer-songwriters, the idea of tradition, and what we need to do to find Connie Converse (according to ChatGPT). Join us as we hang out, talk a little trash, and reassess the women of the folk scene.

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    The Female Bob Dylan
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
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