All-female choirs are playing a prominent role in modern protest. Here are some of the campaigners taking songs to the streetsBroadly,feminism rallies for women’s voices to be heard. This year, one International Womens Day event sees this realised on a literal level: an equality-espousing “superchoir” is set to create a wall of sound at the Women’s Strike Assembly in central London on 8 March. Led by Rebel Choir, and the singing group of the Focus E15 housing activists,ranks will be swelled by like-minded members of the local music community. One number planned is Peggy Seeger’s Reclaim the Night. “It’s important to have a very strong, inflamed female song, or ” says the choir leader,Rebecca Morris. Related: The day that feminists took ‘women’s lib’ to the streets Continue reading...
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