Proud to
Write Like A Girl
Female singer-songwriters announce UK tour to
put the spotlight back on women in music.
Beth
Keeping,
Emily Faye and Vic Allen are touring the UK in May under the banner ‘Write
Like A Girl’. The up-and-coming female artists will share the stage in
a writer’s round-style performance, taking it in turns to play a selection of
songs from their latest releases. Each date will also feature a guest act from
the local area.
The three singer-songwriters met last year when
they were writing in Nashville, USA. Inspired by the craft of Nashville
songwriters – and disheartened at the gender imbalance on the US country scene
– Keeping, Faye and Allen decided to host a music tour to put female
songwriters back on centre stage.
A quick glance at the Hot Country charts in the
States shows the huge disparity between the number of high-selling male and
female artists. But this issue runs much deeper than country music. A recent
USC study showed that in the past 6 years only 12% of songs in the Billboard
Top 100 had a female songwriting credit. And back home on the UK live scene,
last year on one night just 9% of live music acts were female-only (The
Guardian, 2017).
Write Like A Girl is a new movement that
aims to put female songwriting talent back in the spotlight – and inspire more
women to pick up a pen or an instrument and create music. Keeping says: “We
want to show that female writers have a unique voice to bring to the table. We
also hope to create an environment where women celebrate each other’s talents
and successes and cheer one another on.”
The
Write Like A Girl tour begins in Vic Allen’s local town of Norwich on 9th May and
finishes in London on 24th May.
More
information can be found on Facebook.com/writelikeagirltour
#BritGirlsDoCountry
Write
Like A Girl Tour Dates
Weds
9 May 2018 – Jurnets, Norwich (Facebook;
169 King Street NR1 1QW Norfolk)
Thurs
10 May 2018 – CB2 Bistro, Cambridge (Facebook; 5/7 Norfolk Street CB1 2LD,
Cambridgeshire)
Sat
12 May 2018 – JamCafe, Nottingham (Website, 12 Heathcoat St NG1 3AA)
Sun
13 May 2018 – Sound Wine Bar, Liverpool (Facebook;
52 Duke Street L1 5AA)
Monday
14 May 2018 – Whiskey Jar, Manchester (Facebook; 14 Tariff Street M1 2FF)
Tues
15 May 2018 – Northern Guitars Café Bar, Leeds
(Facebook;
41 Call Lane LS1 7BT)
Thurs
17 May 2018 – The Fringe Live Music Bar, Bristol
(Website;
32 Princess Victoria Street BS8 4BZ)
Fri
18 May 2018 – The Good Loaf, Northampton (Website; First Floor, 1 Overstone
Road Northamptonshire NN1 3JL)
Tues
22 May 2018 – KOMO Bar, Guildford (Website;
Weymead House, Millbrook GU1 3YA)
Thurs
24 May 2018 – St. Mary’s Church, London (Website; Wyndham Place, York St,
London, W1H 1PQ)
LINKS
BETH KEEPING
EMILY FAYE
VIC ALLEN
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