PopMatters has a story today about 2008 being a great year for women in music. And by women, they aren't including 11-year-old Disney pop stars.
However, this is the kind of list that makes you realize it wasn't such a great year for women in music at all...
Heading off the list is the great Sam Phillips, who caught our permanent attention in, of all things, Die Hard With a Vengeance, in which she played the sexiest mute female assassin in the action movie pantheon. Apparently, she's some sort of well-regarded solo artist, as well. (Okay, we knew that-- but aren't you all concerned about the fact that her album is one of the best of the year and you didn't know she had one out?)
Also on the list is perennial favorite and the hottest gray-haired female singer alive, Joan Baez, who did an album this year with Steve Earle. Other runners up: Phoebe Snow, Kathy Mattea, Aimee Mann, and Carlene Carter. Carlene is the daughter of June and stepdaughter of Johnny (Cash, of course.) Aimee Mann got her start in the 80s with 'Til Tuesday and Voices Carry.
What does this mean? In the music business, you can't even get an indie award over the age of 45 if you're a woman who hasn't been big on the scene for many years...
See the full list and reviews at Pop Matters.
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