To celebrate the incredible women of Australia making music, I have begun a playlist project on Spotify as a place for people to discover voices they may not have heard before. Some of these voices are household names worldwide, while some are only new to the music scene. 

Unfortunately, similarly to many other countries, male artists and voices overwhelmingly dominate Australian radio playlists, festival line-ups, industry awards, and major industry boards.

Female music artists also receive significantly fewer industry awards than their male peers, with only 20 female artists out of 367 musicians featured in Triple J’s Hottest 100 and only 11 of the 75 inductees into the ARIA Hall of Fame*.

As I was gathering inspiration for this playlist, it was pretty shocking how many variations on "Best Australian Bands" lists were nearly exclusively male artists. I don't know if it's a mixture of ignorance, awareness, or attitude, but I suspect it's a combination of all three.

I hope this playlist introduces you to a new favourite song, or reminds you of an old favourite. This playlist will constantly be evolving, so be sure to keep checking back.

* Source

New year, new music. Australian artist Clypso has just released her debut EP this week and it is summer. dance. floor. perfection.

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Reflecting on 2018 and the year that was, I want to make a special shout-out to this incredible record from Florence + The Machine. What a band, what a woman. Do give this one a listen if you haven't already.

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Just a selection of great recent-ish records by women that I've currently got on rotation.

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