Driven By Her: History of Female Drummers

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

History, Music, Music Commentary, Music History, Music Interviews

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode of "Driven By Her," presented by our friends at Porsche Canada, Alan Cross and Ongoing History of New Music explore a subject that has fascinated Alan since he saw Karen Carpenter play a drum solo in the band's first television special in 1976. Turns out Karen considered herself a drummer who could sing and she had to fight to prove her legitimacy and talent to the rest of the world, especially in the male-dominated music industry. But if there was one woman who could play this well, there had to be others? were there more? During the mid-70s the answer was "not really" but there were a few and in the decades that followed, more and more appeared, and today, female drummers are everywhere comprising a worldwide sisterhood some have called "chicks with sticks". They were drummers, driven by that one thing that they needed more than anything else in the world. The one thing they were truly passionate about... in all cases it was the one thing that made them feel truly free. It's what drove them to singularly focus on crafting their unique talent and chase their dreams down whatever road it led them. But the road wasn't easy... there were a lot of roadblocks, plenty of skepticism, and loads and loads of sexism... Barriers that needed to be broken, attitudes that needed to change abilities that needed to be proven time and time again... This is the story of women with rhythm who changed the way we look at music. In partnership with Porsche Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.7	Hi there. I'm Alan Cross, and welcome to Driven by Her.
0:43.8	This is a special new podcast series from the ongoing history of new music,
0:48.5	presented by our new friends at Porsche Canada.
0:51.4	Porsche was founded on the pursuit of a dream, much like the careers of some of the
0:55.7	women who will be featured over the next few weeks. In this series, we'll be exploring trailblazers
1:01.2	and hitmakers, dynamic-driven women who live by their own rules and change the face of music
1:07.3	around the world along the way. This time, show number one, it's a subject
1:12.9	that's fascinated me ever since I saw Karen Carpenter play on a TV special in 1976. Now, let me
1:19.4	explain. Many, many years ago, I remember sitting in the living room with my mom and my grandmother
1:25.5	watching the carpenters perform on some kind of TV variety thing that they did. It was called the Carpenter's
1:31.4	first television special. About 15 minutes in, I saw something I'd never seen before. Karen
1:38.6	Carpenter, this, you know, small woman with this adult contemporary voice, busted out with a drum solo running from
1:46.9	kit to kit, playing some pretty hot licks that would not have been out of place in some
1:51.8	big band from the 1930s or even some arena rock gig of the era. So, you know, multiple drum sets,
1:58.6	tempo blocks, timboles, cowbells, even a big gong.
2:02.1	I'd, of course, heard and seen drum solos before, but this was different.
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