The F-Word music blog: April 2019
It's April. It's the last Friday of the month. Things are hotting up in this month's F-Word music blog post
Emmy the Great
The F-Word music blog: March 2019
Hello and welcome to March’s F-Word music blog post! In which I have ploughed through all those female focused emails I was sent on International Women's Day, and resisted the temptation to send a reply headed "Why aren't you bigging up these performers the rest of the year?"
New review: Emmy the Great at WOW
Music editor Holly Combe introduces Vicki Ell's review of Emmy the Great's live performance at the Women of the World Festival 2012
A greatly overlooked talent
Headed by singer and writer Emma-Lee Moss, anti-folk act Emmy the Great have achieved cult success, but have yet to be embraced more widely. Described as a lyricist who can talk about emotion without resorting to blunt clichés, Moss's intensely personal songs use the voices of archetypal female protagonists and her lyrics are said to be the act's secret weapon. Vicki Ell reports on a live performance at the Women of the World Festival 2012, London Southbank
