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Musician Alison Brown: "It's a kind of sisterhood, really...women are leading the charge with the most interesting bluegrass." (That's legend Lily May Ledford at left.) [WSJ]

Musician Alison Brown: "It's a kind of sisterhood, really...women are leading the charge with the most interesting bluegrass." (That's legend Lily May Ledford at left.) [WSJ]

We've recently become fixated on Connie Converse, a 1950s folk singer whose work has just been rediscovered. Converse, who'd long since given up her musical dreams, disappeared in 1974. [NPR]
Frances Blaisdell, a musician who, when she made her debut with the New York Philharmonic was known as "the girl flutist," has died at 97. A musical pioneer, Blaisdell was also an accomplished teacher. [NYT]
Most rock bands these days consist of several near-emaciated, floppy haired boys who wear very tight pants and play their guitars slung low near their penises. Delightful girl group Smoosh (pictured here), notwithstanding, where are all the rocking lady guitarists? Maybe there's a dearth of female guitar players…