GERRI GRIBI: The Womansong Collection

Gerri Gribi

The Womansong Collection

© 1996 Gerri Gribi (791022173628)

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"a clear, concise voice that echoes the purity of the early Joan Baez combined with the authority of the later...gives a good name to 'music with a message.'"

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ABOUT THIS ALBUM

Too often, the traditional "women's music" we hear is about victims; murder ballads, songs of unrequited love and downtrodden wives. Yet women past and present have developed a vibrant oral tradition documenting their concerns, joys, struggles and achievements.

I began searching for the "woman positive" traditional and early composed songs in 1982, and in 1984 recorded an LP called WOMANSONG. This was followed in 1991 by PRINCE CHARMING DOESN'T LIVE HERE. This CD features a wide selection of favorites from both, plus 2 new songs. (You can still find cassette versions of the originals at my web site, CreativeFolk.com)

Over 70 minutes of music, plus lyrics and historical notes, all in one package!

ABOUT THIS MUSICIAN

Gerri Gribi is a unique musician, historian and storyteller. Raised in the hills of Kentucky, she's toured North America for over 20 years, performing at colleges, coffeehouses, theaters, festivals...even military bases and prisons.

Accompanying her clear soprano voice with autoharp, mountain dulcimer and guitar, she uses traditional and original songs to express a world view that's lively, fun, and (gasp!) thought provoking.

A frequent guest on TV and radio, her original music has been heard in a variety of media outlets and projects, including ABC PrimeTime Live. She's released six recordings of traditional and contemporary folk music, and her latest CD, The Womansong Collection, has been enthusiastically reviewed both at home and abroad.

Her infamous "Hunting Song" (aka "Animals Love Vegetarians") airs on alternative stations around the world each fall.

She has degrees in History, Education and African American Studies. Her many awards include the 2004 Johnson Subvention Award from the Society for American Music, and the "Write Women Back Into History" Award from the National Women's History Project.

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  • Wonderfully appealing musical style
    author: the folknik - Newsletter of the San Francisco Folk Music Club

    It was a pleasure to discover this grass-roots artist with a keen historical consciousness and a wonderfully appealing musical style.

  • What doing folk music should be about
    author: Tor Jonassen, WRDV-FM Radio Delaware Valley

    Add together tradition, humor and your own songs, and you are the object lesson in what doing folk music should be about...

  • It's a joy!
    author: Women Library Workers Journal

    Feminist folk song enthusiasts will welcome Gerri Gribi’s new album, for it’s a joy! I like Gerri Gribi, and I think you will, too.

  • Excellent
    author: Stavros Moschopoulos FAO CASA Gazette, Food and Agriculture Org

    The collection recounts and celebrates "Women" for their achievements and ingenuity rather than their forlorn fate with men. A very lovely album with a positive and not polemic approach to the feminist aspects of history. Excellent.

  • Thanks
    author: Judith Gennet - KEOS Community Radio, Bryan TX

    Thanks for singing about something besides your love life!

  • It's a great album all the way 'round...
    author: Patsy Montana

    It's a great album all the way 'round...I must admit I like your tune [Hills of Kentucky] better than mine [Cowboy's Sweetheart] for I've been humming it ever since!

  • I'd put it in my top five for the year
    author: Bruce Cameron, Radio 2MC-FM Bathurst, Australia

    I'd put it in my top five for the year.

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