Women in Bluegrass
In 1998 Murphy Henry was invited to give the keynote address at the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual World of Bluegrass convention. She talked about women's role in bluegrass from the beginning (Sally Ann Forrester) through the present and beyond. It was a darn good speech. You can read the full text here.
Women in Bluegrass was an 8 to 10 page newsletter, created and edited by Murphy Henry, that focused exclusively on women in bluegrass. It was published pretty much 4 times a year from 1994 through 2003. Publication was suspended when Murphy started writing her book on women in bluegrass, which she is still working on. Each issue featured a lengthy interview, profile, or essay as well as an introduction from the editor, several shorter articles, and reader letters.
- Number 1: Louisa Branscomb
- Number 2: (no interview but...) the Questionnaire, "Estrogen Jam" at Owensboro, Horror Stories
- Number 3: Lynn Morris
- Number 4: Suzanne Thomas and Mary Jo Leet
- Number 5: Claire Lynch
- Number 6: Gloria Belle
- Number 7: New Coon Creek Girls
- Number 8: Missy Raines, Vivian Williams, Susi Gott, Nancy Pate, Casey and Murphy Henry
- Number 9: Patsy Stoneman, Mary Gibbons
- Number 10: Vivian Williams
- Number 11: Trina Emig, Juanita Sheehan
- Number 12: The Shankman Twins, Alan O'Bryant, Rose Maddox
- Number 13: Women in Bluegrass at IBMA
- Number 14: Hazel McGee and Anita Mathis
- Number 15: Ingrid Herman Reese (Ingrid Fowler)
- Number 16: Where Are the Sidewomen
- Number 17: Missy Raines Reigns!, Murphy's IBMA Keynote Address
- Number 18: Betty Fisher, Part I; The Men Respond
- Number 19: Betty Fisher, Part II; Bluegrass and Sexuality by Tom Adler
- Number 20: Bluegrass Women Who Don't Play Instruments on Stage: "To Pick Or Not To Pick," Valerie Smith, Jeanette Williams, and Suzanne Thomas; "Barriers In Bluegrass"
- Number 21: "Where Are The Female Flatpickers?", "Musical Gender Bending--Proving Yourself In A Jam", Terry Boswell
- Number 22: Wibbers In The Bay Area: Laurie Lewis, Beth Weil, Kathy Kallick
- Number 24: Women Instrumentalists: Darlene Hodges (fiddle), Michelle Porter (mandolin)
- Number 23: Sharon K. Watts Of Bluegrass Unlimited, "Ralphed!", Helena Bretfeldova
- Number 25: WIB at IBMA 2000, Sally Ann Forrester, part 1
- Number 26: Sally Jones and the Sidewinders, Sally Ann Forrester, part 2
- Number 27: WIB in Japan, Bluegrass at the Beach, A Rant by Hilary Sloan
- Number 28: Alice Gerrard, Laurie Lewis, Neil Rosenberg, Sally Ann Forrester, part 3
- Number 29: Roni Stoneman, O Sister, Dee Ann Davidshofer
- Number 30: Rubye Davis Interview, Uncle Earl
- Number 31: Alison Brown's IBMA Keynote Address, Eulaine Blumenthal, Sally Ann Forrester, part 4
- Number 32: Memphis Beck Gentry, part 1, Wibbers in Tasmania
- Number 33: Memphis Beck Gentry, part 2, Adrienne Young
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