Documents Tagged ‘Debbie Lempke’


Berkeley Women’s Music Collective

Archive Entry Date: 07/79

Debbie and Suzanne discuss the band's musicianship and songwriting process.

Tryin’ To Survive

Archive Entry Date: 07/79

The Collective's music unifies women and fuels their struggle for liberation.

Olivia Records Advertisement for BWMC

Archive Entry Date: 04/78

The women in the BWMC describe their relationship with Olivia Records

Have You Seen These Women?

Archive Entry Date: c. 1976

A flier for the BWMC suggests how they upended gender roles

Berkeley Women’s Music Collective

Archive Entry Date: 08/75

The band on its relationship with the women's movement -- in its mid-70s moment and in retrospect

Gay and Proud

Archive Entry Date: 1975/1976

The song that profoundly affected the BWMC's audience — the uplifting but hard-edged "Gay and Proud"

Fury

Archive Entry Date: 1975

A song about women's built-up rage, and how it led to a tense border stop

Sound Not Unsound Concert Review

Archive Entry Date: 05/1975

A concert critique reveals the challenges of the DIY nature of the women's music movement.

Tryin’ To Survive (the BWMC’s second album)

Archive Entry Date: 1978

The Collective's broadened their musical palette on their second album

How the Berkeley Women’s Music Collective Came Together

Archive Entry Date: c. 1974

Three original BWMC members recount the origins of the band

1500 Women at UCLA Hold Lesbian Conference

Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973

The 1973 National Lesbian Conference was a consciousness-raising event for three of the BWMC's founders