*ANNOUNCEMENT* VOCAL GIRLS LAUNCHES MERCH!
Big announcement, all! Vocal Girls has officially launched our first set of merchandise. We could not be more excited about sharing it with you! Below you’ll find some flicks from a fun shoot we did in Sheffield to premiere the new designs.
BILLY CULLUM ON HIS NEW SINGLE, HIS ROLE IN IT’S A SIN AND EMBRACING HIS QUEERNESS
“The success of ‘It’s A Sin’ has proved there’s a hunger for visual queerness, and I think now more than ever it’s needed”
MUST SEE FILMS FOR MUSIC FANS
If you’re hunting high and low for films featuring awesome music this lockdown, then we’ve got you covered! Read for some mainstream and lesser-known films heavily featuring music.
VOCAL GIRLS CLUB 15/03
HERE’S WHAT WE WANT TO HELP US FEEL SAFER.
This week has been a lot, for many of us. Since International Women’s Day, we have been witness to the discourse surrounding Sarah Everard’s disappearance, the condemnable response to Meghan Markle’s revelations about her mental health and the revealing data that 97% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually assaulted.
IWD: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK & ROLL
The trailblazing African American woman who invented a genre that took the world by storm.
IWD: WENDY CARLOS: THE GENRE - BENDING ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER
Wendy Carlos' impressive career spans decades, and despite transphobic prejudice, she has changed the face of electronic music forever.
IWD: DAME ETHEL SMYTH - THE MUSICIAN AND THE MILITANT
For Women’s History Month we remember feminist icon and classical composer, Dame Ethel Smyth.
VOCAL GIRLS CLUB 08/03
OPINION: SEXISM AND ALL THAT JAZZ
Lola Grieve explores the musical and institutional structures upholding gender inequality in jazz, and the efforts being made to dismantle them
INTRODUCING: MAKI FLOW
Everything you need to know about Dance music’s next big thing, Maki Flow.
ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80S? THE IMPORTANCE, IMPACT, AND EMOTION OF AIDS DRAMA ‘IT’S A SIN’
Russel T. Davies’ critically acclaimed series ‘It’s A Sin’ poignantly pushes the light and shade of life in the 80s, bringing the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community firmly into the consciousness of the mainstream.
CONNECTED BY SOUND: “WHERE WORDS FAIL, MUSIC SPEAKS”
VG writer and Mental Health Nurse, Claire Rothwell discusses the power of music on the mind, both professionally and personally.
EMPOWERING FILMS TO LIFT YOU UP IN LOCKDOWN
VOCAL GIRLS’ ultimate list of pick me up films to get you through lockdown 3.0
OPINION: FEMALE FANS CAN MAKE A MUSICIAN'S CAREER, AND IT’S TIME THEY WERE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Young women so often launch the career of the legendary bands that ‘real’ music fans (ie. men) then wish to gatekeep.
QUEER TV TO WATCH FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH
Shows to watch that champion intersectional queerness
VOCAL GIRLS CLUB 22/02
VOCAL GIRLS WEEKLY
Listen to VOCAL GIRLS weekly selects here!
MEET THE RECORD LABELS CHANGING THE INDUSTRY FROM THE INSIDE OUT
With just fifteen percent of record labels female-owned, the industry is still self-evidently a ‘boys club.’ Here are three female-owned labels you should get to know.