All Your Favorite Female Artists Being Featured in New Show
This is one show I am very excited about and looking forward to. Some of the greatest female musicians are being featured in a a new four-part docuseries on EPIX. Some of my favorite artists of all time, such as Joan Jett, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks will be included.
Its called “Women Who Rock” and they’ll focus on female singers and musicians who have made a significant impact on the music world since the 1950s and it premieres on July 10.
The show will feature new interviews with Pat Benatar, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, The B-52s’ Kate Pierson, Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth, Chaka Khan, Sheila E., Mavis Staples and many more reflecting on the musical contributions they and other female artists have made.
The series will showcase the artists sharing insights and stories behind their music, as well as discussing such topics as power, fame, truth and the struggle to achieve success.
The premiere episode, titled “Truth,” will look at the roots of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s and ’60s with profiles of Staples, Khan and the late Janis Joplin, plus commentary from Weymouth, Pierson, Norah Jones, Merry Clayton and others.
Episode two, titled “Defiance,” which premieres on July 17, will focus on the 1970s and such artists as Wilson, Jett, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Joni Mitchell, and Carole King.
The third episode, called “Power,” debuts on July 24, and delves into the artists who emerged during the 1980s and ’90s, among them Benatar, Sheila E., Natalie Merchant, Crow, Missy Elliott, Courtney Love, Tori Amos and Alanis Morissette.
You can subscribe to EPIX through any provider that offers it. Some providers that EPIX is available from are Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV Channels, AT&T TV NOW, The Roku Channel, Sling TV and YouTube TV. You can also download the EPIX NOW app at the app store.