Big Womxn Brain Music
@bigwomxnbrainmusic.bsky.social
It's a long story, but to sum up: We are knowledgeable curators of our own soundtracks, and we like to share the power of the music made by womxn.
That's a sad one to hear.
The actor, known for roles in Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone and Best in Show, has died with cause of death unknown
Catherine O’Hara, award-winning actor of big and small screen, dies aged 71
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
That's a sad one to hear.
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On 1/30 we are shutting it down, and, on 1/31, we are gathering across the country to demand ICE Out of Everywhere, permanently!
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM
On 1/30 we are shutting it down, and, on 1/31, we are gathering across the country to demand ICE Out of Everywhere, permanently!
Not acceptable. Not okay. The violation of rights and the "scary Black people" tropes do not play.
I look forward to Bondi [Miller] getting their asses handed to them on this one.
I look forward to Bondi [Miller] getting their asses handed to them on this one.
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Not acceptable. Not okay. The violation of rights and the "scary Black people" tropes do not play.
I look forward to Bondi [Miller] getting their asses handed to them on this one.
I look forward to Bondi [Miller] getting their asses handed to them on this one.
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Tickets are now on sale for Biscuits and Banjos Festival Presents: Rhiannon Giddens’ Beloved Community! Join us on April 27 at DPAC: bit.ly/3Z7WZBK
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Tickets are now on sale for Biscuits and Banjos Festival Presents: Rhiannon Giddens’ Beloved Community! Join us on April 27 at DPAC: bit.ly/3Z7WZBK
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While you're doing your activism today, get this one in there, too - there's an easy form to send a letter to your reps to request fair compensation for musicians via streaming platforms.
Also, delete Spotify regardless - they're war mongerers. Try Qobuz, it's nice!
Also, delete Spotify regardless - they're war mongerers. Try Qobuz, it's nice!
This week, UMAW launched a massive coalition action with 11 other partner groups calling for the passage of the Living Wage for Musicians Act, the bill to finally make streaming services pay artists fairly. Join us and take action at the link below.
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
While you're doing your activism today, get this one in there, too - there's an easy form to send a letter to your reps to request fair compensation for musicians via streaming platforms.
Also, delete Spotify regardless - they're war mongerers. Try Qobuz, it's nice!
Also, delete Spotify regardless - they're war mongerers. Try Qobuz, it's nice!
Sometimes you just some brain cleansing, loud as f&♤k rock. Here you go, turn it up.
Listen to Extreme Indifference to Life by Heavy Temple on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/246302...
Listen to Extreme Indifference to Life by Heavy Temple on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/246302...
Open Qobuz
open.qobuz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Sometimes you just some brain cleansing, loud as f&♤k rock. Here you go, turn it up.
Listen to Extreme Indifference to Life by Heavy Temple on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/246302...
Listen to Extreme Indifference to Life by Heavy Temple on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/246302...
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Press: @kristinhersh.bsky.social interviewed by Marilyn Carino for Girljock magazine issue #13, 1994. Pictures by Phil Nicolls and Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent to the Archives by Sona Avakian.
THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES
Kristin Hersh. Muse Among Us: Interviewed by Marilyn Carino for Girljock magazine issue #13, 1994. Pictures by Phil Nicolls and Andrew Catlin.
From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent by Sona Avakian.
thekristinhersharchives.tumblr.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Press: @kristinhersh.bsky.social interviewed by Marilyn Carino for Girljock magazine issue #13, 1994. Pictures by Phil Nicolls and Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent to the Archives by Sona Avakian.
See below and also get off of Spotify. Duplicate your playlists to a new service (such as Qobuz - do your research and don't swap a bad apple for a less bad orange) and then delete that account. It makes everything sound so much better, and I'm not just talking about the better sound quality. 1/2
Shreea Kaul is correct - streaming services like Spotify are exploiting human artists. AI music is just slop. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW and real protections against AI.
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
See below and also get off of Spotify. Duplicate your playlists to a new service (such as Qobuz - do your research and don't swap a bad apple for a less bad orange) and then delete that account. It makes everything sound so much better, and I'm not just talking about the better sound quality. 1/2
Aurora's ICE Detention Center is near capacity; one detainee is a bassist from an up-and-coming Colorado band: westword.com/music/denver-bassist-has-been-in-ice-custody-for-nearly-a-month-40832399/
January 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
Denyce Graves sings her swan song on Met stage
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
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Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."
Lucinda Williams gives new voice to protest music on 'World's Gone Wrong'
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."
The wonderful @lindiortega.bsky.social just dropped an anti-ICE banger. Music is life, art is resistance.
www.instagram.com/reel/DT8Qs50...
www.instagram.com/reel/DT8Qs50...
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The wonderful @lindiortega.bsky.social just dropped an anti-ICE banger. Music is life, art is resistance.
www.instagram.com/reel/DT8Qs50...
www.instagram.com/reel/DT8Qs50...
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Fan Art Friday featuring a pencil portrait by Elizabeth Love.
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Fan Art Friday featuring a pencil portrait by Elizabeth Love.
Song for today, "Same Pain" by the incredible Imani Coppola. Qobuz link in comments.
"We're under the same Sun, under the same gun
We're in the same pain"
imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/track/the-sa...
"We're under the same Sun, under the same gun
We're in the same pain"
imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/track/the-sa...
The Same Pain, by Imani Coppola
from the album The Glass Wall
imanicoppola.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Song for today, "Same Pain" by the incredible Imani Coppola. Qobuz link in comments.
"We're under the same Sun, under the same gun
We're in the same pain"
imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/track/the-sa...
"We're under the same Sun, under the same gun
We're in the same pain"
imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/track/the-sa...
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See below for links to all the ways you can support the people on the ground in Minnesota. Mutual aid, rent funds, legal funds, etc.
I added a page to the website where you can send a little love note to folks in Minnesota.
I keep getting lovely emails about how people are inspired by the resistance, but I would like to actually put these together for folks on the ground to read when they need to.
I keep getting lovely emails about how people are inspired by the resistance, but I would like to actually put these together for folks on the ground to read when they need to.
Send a Love Note — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
See below for links to all the ways you can support the people on the ground in Minnesota. Mutual aid, rent funds, legal funds, etc.
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What I shared on IG and FB today...switch/stop/reduce.
Delete Spotify, get off X, stop (or reduce) using Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, Uline, etc. Research where you shop and who you give your money to. Shop local, shop small where you can.
Next up for me, getting off Meta products and de-Googling.
Delete Spotify, get off X, stop (or reduce) using Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, Uline, etc. Research where you shop and who you give your money to. Shop local, shop small where you can.
Next up for me, getting off Meta products and de-Googling.
![Black text on a hot pink background.
Be mindful of your money, it is more power than you think.
SWITCH
DELETE SPOTIFY, USE QOBUZ
Better pay for artists, better sound quality, playlist duplication takes about five min. (no starting from scratch), no AI music, no ICE propaganda, and Qobuz does not invest in war mongering like Spotify’s billionaire CEO does.
GET OFF X, USE BLUESKY
Elon Musk should be enough of a reason in and of itself - don’t enrich that cretin further. But if that’s not enough of a reason, how about the non-consensual porn? The unchecked authoritarian propaganda? The garbage bots stirring the pot? So many reasons to get off of it, and none of those things are on Bluesky.
[Businesses, I’m looking at YOU.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyfb3cazyo27btrvvt54xd6i/bafkreihaudjc2nmyvq3vn7t3k4zs6lxo3tlhxbwzx3qugnwcscr7otjqvu@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
What I shared on IG and FB today...switch/stop/reduce.
Delete Spotify, get off X, stop (or reduce) using Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, Uline, etc. Research where you shop and who you give your money to. Shop local, shop small where you can.
Next up for me, getting off Meta products and de-Googling.
Delete Spotify, get off X, stop (or reduce) using Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, Uline, etc. Research where you shop and who you give your money to. Shop local, shop small where you can.
Next up for me, getting off Meta products and de-Googling.
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I wrote about Low’s incredible album, “Things We Lost in the Fire.” read it below
today at IHTOV:
today is the 25th anniversary of low's "things we lost in the fire" and chase harrison goes long on in this wonderful essay about the album ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/lows-...
today is the 25th anniversary of low's "things we lost in the fire" and chase harrison goes long on in this wonderful essay about the album ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/lows-...
Low’s Things We Lost in the Fire Turns 25
One of my hottest music takes is that Low – the notoriously quiet, understated, slowcore pioneers from Duluth, Minnesota, who happen to be Mormon – may be one of the five greatest American bands. Betw...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I wrote about Low’s incredible album, “Things We Lost in the Fire.” read it below
I switched to Qobuz, was able to duplicate all my playlists, etc., and delete Spotify. Qobuz pays artists better, sounds better, and just feels better. A super-easy way to not support war mongers.
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I switched to Qobuz, was able to duplicate all my playlists, etc., and delete Spotify. Qobuz pays artists better, sounds better, and just feels better. A super-easy way to not support war mongers.
Life lifed me pretty good the last few months between work, world, sick, world, broken teeth, and world. Gonna try to jumpstart this again with some random posts. Music is life, and we need it now more than ever.
Tarantella "A chi sa dove sara"
Kal Cahoone, John Rumly
youtu.be/Sg3UtRWnE_Y?...
Tarantella "A chi sa dove sara"
Kal Cahoone, John Rumly
youtu.be/Sg3UtRWnE_Y?...
Tarantella - A chi sa dove sara
YouTube video by Soultana K.
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Life lifed me pretty good the last few months between work, world, sick, world, broken teeth, and world. Gonna try to jumpstart this again with some random posts. Music is life, and we need it now more than ever.
Tarantella "A chi sa dove sara"
Kal Cahoone, John Rumly
youtu.be/Sg3UtRWnE_Y?...
Tarantella "A chi sa dove sara"
Kal Cahoone, John Rumly
youtu.be/Sg3UtRWnE_Y?...
This is absolutely heartbreaking. RIP, Jill. 🖤
www.facebook.com/100063631747...
www.facebook.com/100063631747...
City Theatre
City Theatre is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Jill Sobule. A trailblazing singer-songwriter, Jill’s music was filled with wit, humor, and heart. She was a fierce human rights advocate...
www.facebook.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is absolutely heartbreaking. RIP, Jill. 🖤
www.facebook.com/100063631747...
www.facebook.com/100063631747...
The sheer number of songs that @carolekingofficial.bsky.social wrote or co-wrote is simply amazing.
Don’t Bring Me Down - The Animals “Live” 1966
“Don’t Bring Me Down” is a song composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded as a 1966 hit single by the Animals.
#goffinking #goffinkingsongs
#theanimals #dontbringmedown #ericburdon
“Don’t Bring Me Down” is a song composed by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded as a 1966 hit single by the Animals.
#goffinking #goffinkingsongs
#theanimals #dontbringmedown #ericburdon
April 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The sheer number of songs that @carolekingofficial.bsky.social wrote or co-wrote is simply amazing.
RIP 🖤😔
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
www.npr.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
RIP 🖤😔
Caught up - #12
Miriam Makeba - "Jikele Maweni (The Retreat Song) & Amanpondo (The Breathing Song)"
Exiled from her native South Africa for decades, she brought music, awareness, joy, and resistance to people the world through her work.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4u...
Miriam Makeba - "Jikele Maweni (The Retreat Song) & Amanpondo (The Breathing Song)"
Exiled from her native South Africa for decades, she brought music, awareness, joy, and resistance to people the world through her work.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4u...
Miriam Makeba Live '88 ( Jikele Maweni "The Retreat Song" & Amampondo "The Breathing Song" )
YouTube video by Zen Flaut
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Caught up - #12
Miriam Makeba - "Jikele Maweni (The Retreat Song) & Amanpondo (The Breathing Song)"
Exiled from her native South Africa for decades, she brought music, awareness, joy, and resistance to people the world through her work.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4u...
Miriam Makeba - "Jikele Maweni (The Retreat Song) & Amanpondo (The Breathing Song)"
Exiled from her native South Africa for decades, she brought music, awareness, joy, and resistance to people the world through her work.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4u...
#11
Tina Turner - "Sexy Ida"
Tina was all the things, and I always say there will never be anyone that moved the way she did. This is one of my all time favorites.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth #tinawrotethesong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BI...
Tina Turner - "Sexy Ida"
Tina was all the things, and I always say there will never be anyone that moved the way she did. This is one of my all time favorites.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth #tinawrotethesong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BI...
Sexy Ida - Tina Turner | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#11
Tina Turner - "Sexy Ida"
Tina was all the things, and I always say there will never be anyone that moved the way she did. This is one of my all time favorites.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth #tinawrotethesong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BI...
Tina Turner - "Sexy Ida"
Tina was all the things, and I always say there will never be anyone that moved the way she did. This is one of my all time favorites.
#1wosed #blackhistorymonth #tinawrotethesong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BI...