So sad to hear about the passing of my shero @aanightingale at the age of 83, but what a life - a true pioneer an inspiration for us girls. Thanks for opening the first ever Women's Work event back in 2016 💔
RIP Annie, rest in rock n roll power x
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When Annie Nightingale appeared at the @OhYeahCentre in March 2016. Part of the first @_WomensWork programme, created by @charlottedryden. What an inspiring human. RIP.
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We had a lovely morning celebrating #IWD2023 with some of our music community. We’re sorry to announce we have cancelled the festival but onwards to a refresh of plans - full details on the @OhYeahCentre Facebook x
Soul singer @thedanamasters asks whatever happened to Ottilie Patterson in a new doc, My Name Is Ottilie. She was once the rising star of popular music in the late 50s & some say the godmother of British blues. The doc airs tonight at 10:40pm on @BBCOneNI. https://t.co/ea9TNljY3H
“It’s kind of a hobby for us, but we’re actually producing great art rock, and that’s not been done before by ordinary women from our age group." She went on to set up workshops under Unglamorous Music project which has now birthed 7 all-female bands https://t.co/Y3RNWv2ami
The next installment in our EOY features is...
✨ Our Personal Highlights Of 2022! ✨
Inc. the @_WomensWork showcase at @OhYeahCentre in Belfast, our @getinherears gigs with @arxxband & @charmpitband & more!
Read all about them here: https://t.co/h4krhJHIpl
Why did rising star of British jazz and blues music, Ottilie Patterson, disappear from the story of British music?
Dana Masters explores this NI woman's story in My Name is Ottilie, screening this Saturday.
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Soul singer @thedanamasters traces the story of Comber-born Ottilie Patterson, who for a dazzling few years in the late 1950s and early 1960s was the rising star of British popular music. My Name Is Ottilie is on @BBCiPlayer & will be broadcast on February 1, BBC One NI @ 10.40pm
Big congrats to Eleanor Gilmore who is the very first recipient of the Carol Clerk Bursary for music journalism 🎉
We are delighted to award Eleanor this new writing bursary in partnership with @dig_with_it and @_WomensWork to support female and non-binary journalists in NI 🙌
Thank you, every single one of you who showed up to show your support for @_WomensWork 2022. The 6th edition felt more vital than ever with a renewed energy reflected in the range and volume, from participants and attendees.
Set your diaries for 2023!
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This was such an outstanding cover of “Running Up That Hill” for our 2021 festival when we were still under covid restrictions. It gave us shivers of awe. thank you @Shade_music_ and all the voices involved. #RunningUpThatHill
Running up that Hill released just over a year ago in support of @womensaidabcln for @_WomensWork
Produced by me and featuring flipping dozens of amazing women from NI
Full video at https://t.co/p3PBX0NTfe
Join us tomorrow morning for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Kate Bush. She joined @emmabarnett to discuss topping the charts and gaining legions of new fans. Tune in at 10am: https://t.co/mjpfnGxKwj
Bravo Kate🙌🏼
Records Are Meant 2 Be Broken‼️Remember Back In The Day,When Women Had SHORT SELL BY DATES⁉️We Had 2 Fight Our Way Through The Testosterone Curtain,& We Did it So The Girls Who Came After Us Could Sing As Long As They Want To.
With Mega Respect
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Me