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In celebration of International Women’s Day, ABC Classics released Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers - the first in a new series celebrating Australian female composers. This 2CD mid price compilation is a fascinating journey through the history of Australian composition, highlighting just how much of that history has been written by women.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, ABC Classics released Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers - the first in a new series celebrating Australian female composers. This 2CD mid price compilation is a fascinating journey through the history of Australian composition, highlighting just how much of that history has been written by women.

Tom Waits turns 70 years old in December. And shortly before that, Dualtone Music Group is celebrating his work with the release of Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, a tribute compilation featuring new renditions of his songs from a number of female artists including Phoebe Bridgers, Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash, Corinne Bailey Rae, and more. The album was produced by artist, author, and composer Warren Zanes.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, ABC Classics released Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers - the first in a new series celebrating Australian female composers. This 2CD mid price compilation is a fascinating journey through the history of Australian composition, highlighting just how much of that history has been written by women.

These two discs reflect, in their way, the incredibly rich, varied lineage of women in the blues. And of course, given the title, we're not talking about singers – though many of these women do sing. With liner notes by Sue Foley, who compiled the set, this collection reaches backward and forward to mirror back to the culture the wild, wooly underside of the blues via its female six-string slingers. There are relative newcomers like Laura Chavez (who plays with Lara Price), Finland's Erja Lyytinen, and Austin's Eve Monses; seasoned veterans like Alice Stuart, Foley, Debbie Davies, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Joann Kelly, Rory Block, Bonnie Raitt with Maria Muldaur, Ellen McIlwaine…

It’s reigning women on the latest compilation album curated by music guru Ian “Molly” Meldrum. Molly has selected 38 of his favourite songs for Molly’s Women Of Rock & Pop, including chart-toppers such as Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’, Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, Kim Carnes’ ‘Bette Davis Eyes’, Nena’s ‘99 Luftballoons’, Kim Wilde’s ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’, and Laura Branigan’s ‘Gloria’.