Fresh off the heels of International Women’s Day and aptly during Women’s History Month of March, music and media’s biggest festival and conference – South By Southwest (SXSW) – is here, with an ever-increasing focus on women. Although women have been successful in the field of music/music business since the beginning, it’s still very much a male-heavy industry (Want proof? Try attending an AES conference sometime!). However, we know all of that’s changing, and it’s exciting. At this year’s Oscars, Academy Award-winning songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez exclaimed in her acceptance speech, “… not only are we diverse, but we are close to 50-50% for gender representation,” which was met to great applause. And in that spirit, we want to salute SXSW for the female-focused events, performances, panels, podcasts, and interviews that are taking place this year. For this week’s #WCW Wednesday Blog, we wanted to highlight our favorite events and articles related to Women at SXSW this year.
10 Amazing Females From Around the World
Willow Smith to Headline ‘Women Represent’ Showcase, March 15
HAIM’s performance for Bumble at SXSW
And that’s not all! We’ve compiled a Spotify playlist with some of our favorite ladies playing the festival this week. Listen here, or on the Spotify player below.
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