Tristan ScrogginsHostMy name is Murphy Hicks Henry.
Writer first, and then maybe banjo player second.
Feminist, baby boomer from the South.
You might be surprised to hear feminism and bluegrass in the same breath, considering the genre's reputation as a more rural, conservative folk music from the American South.
When most people hear underground feminist, they tend to think of movements like Riot Grrrl or mid-century housewives passing around copies of the feminine mystique.
Women are apparently liberated in many ways, but in fact and in practice, they're not.
They're still discriminated against in many professional...
But there might be more of a connection between these worlds than meets the eye.
I don't know what they thought, but I mean, I've been called the Jane Fonda of bluegrass.
Up until recently, it was almost impossible to get a job in an existing bluegrass band as a woman, unless you were married to or related to a band member, or just started an all-girl band.
So Murphy created this physical newsletter to change that and called it Women in Bluegrass.
My name is Murphy Hicks Henry.
Writer first, and then maybe banjo player second.
Feminist, baby boomer from the South.
You might be surprised to hear feminism and bluegrass in the same breath, considering the genre's reputation as a more rural, conservative folk music from the American South.
When most people hear underground feminist, they tend to think of movements like Riot Grrrl or mid-century housewives passing around copies of the feminine mystique.
Women are apparently liberated in many ways, but in fact and in practice, they're not.
They're still discriminated against in many professional...
But there might be more of a connection between these worlds than meets the eye.
I don't know what they thought, but I mean, I've been called the Jane Fonda of bluegrass.
Up until recently, it was almost impossible to get a job in an existing bluegrass band as a woman, unless you were married to or related to a band member, or just started an all-girl band.
So Murphy created this physical newsletter to change that and called it Women in Bluegrass.
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