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Listening Party #17: Celebrating Women
Listening Party #17: Celebrating Women
Mon 6 Apr, 19:30 - 21:30
118 Cowley Rd, Oxford
Love discovering new music? and the best way to discover is to share.
Listening Parties are a space to share the music you’re passionate about. You’ll discover something new, and meet other music enthusiasts.
This time the Listening Party format is being brought to the Workshop Café.
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Listening Parties are a space to share the music you’re passionate about. You’ll discover something new, and meet other music enthusiasts.
This time the Listening Party format is being brought to the Workshop Café.
How does it work?
Like an open mic, let the team know when you arrive if you’ve brought something to share. There will be inputs for LP, CD and for minijack, and a computer, so you can bring a track on vinyl, CD, on your phone, or as a name in your head. They’ll be two sessions of music with a short break in between, and ask you to attentively enjoy every offering as you would at a live gig. Contributions will be limited to four minutes each so that they can fit in lots of contributions. If you’d like to introduce your track, the team would like to hear what you love about it. There will also be an open Spotify playlist setup that you can add to during the event, if what you hear inspires you – the night’s bespoke playlist will be played during the break and after the formal sharing part of the evening is over. Theme for this edition
This edition of Listening Parties celebrates International Women’s Day. Explore contemporary music by and about women in any genre, including both cis and trans women and non-binary people whose gender includes woman. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Music inspired by the legacy of some pioneering women musicians.
For example Devendra Banhart – Für Hildegard von Bingen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGUM1TrJgk Music protesting against or raising awareness about gender inequality or injustice
For example “my witch” by Lunatraktors reclaims text from a misogynistic poem about witches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FF7x6zRaYs Music about female icons, past or present
For example “Joanni” by Kate Bush about Joan of Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peN573rlgM8 As well as music by any woman artist that inspires you. Note:
Providing an open forum for people to share music that is meaningful to them without censorship, including sensitive topics and explicit language. The Listening Party aims to be an open and welcoming space – as such we ask everyone to respect each other as well as the diverse music we are likely to listen to.
In partnership with the Workshop Cafe
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Like an open mic, let the team know when you arrive if you’ve brought something to share. There will be inputs for LP, CD and for minijack, and a computer, so you can bring a track on vinyl, CD, on your phone, or as a name in your head. They’ll be two sessions of music with a short break in between, and ask you to attentively enjoy every offering as you would at a live gig. Contributions will be limited to four minutes each so that they can fit in lots of contributions. If you’d like to introduce your track, the team would like to hear what you love about it. There will also be an open Spotify playlist setup that you can add to during the event, if what you hear inspires you – the night’s bespoke playlist will be played during the break and after the formal sharing part of the evening is over. Theme for this edition
This edition of Listening Parties celebrates International Women’s Day. Explore contemporary music by and about women in any genre, including both cis and trans women and non-binary people whose gender includes woman. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Music inspired by the legacy of some pioneering women musicians.
For example Devendra Banhart – Für Hildegard von Bingen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGUM1TrJgk Music protesting against or raising awareness about gender inequality or injustice
For example “my witch” by Lunatraktors reclaims text from a misogynistic poem about witches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FF7x6zRaYs Music about female icons, past or present
For example “Joanni” by Kate Bush about Joan of Arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peN573rlgM8 As well as music by any woman artist that inspires you. Note:
Providing an open forum for people to share music that is meaningful to them without censorship, including sensitive topics and explicit language. The Listening Party aims to be an open and welcoming space – as such we ask everyone to respect each other as well as the diverse music we are likely to listen to.
In partnership with the Workshop Cafe
Free
Address
118 Cowley Rd, Oxford, OX4 1JE Oxfordshire, GB
