Happy International Women’s Day! This special, out of the ordinary blog post, is to celebrate today, as well as the amazing female artists we’ve seen so far and recap what they’re up to!

A balanced world is a better world. How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world?

– Celebrate women’s achievement. – Raise awareness against bias. – Take action for equality.

Taken from the International Women’s Day Website

The reason I have chosen to dedicate a blog post to International Women’s Day is because this years theme is #BalanceforBetter and I believe that this blog encapsulates the main points highlighted above. Each week a female artist is highlighted and her achievements are celebrated. I have achieved some backlash for focusing primarily of female artists and female fronted bands, but I believe what I am doing is important. There are no blogs out there highlighting specifically women in indie music, therefore I am raising awareness against this particular bias and, hopefully, taking action to move towards equality.

• Nilüfer Yanya – my first ever featured artist’s debut album is being released in just 2 weeks from today and is currently on tour, playing at The Scholar (O2 Academy) in Leicester tonight.
• Jade Bird – since the blog post on Jade was published 3 weeks ago, she has released the video for ‘I Get No Joy’ and is starting the US leg of her tour in 2 days. She is back in the UK on the 23rd of April playing Rock City, Nottingham. Her debut album is out on the 19th April.
• Anteros – this London based four piece start touring on the 7th April by playing the Waterfront in Norwich. Their debut album ‘When We Land’ is out this month, and the official date has been announced as the 22nd!
• SOAK – this weeks current featured artist. Her second album ‘Grim Town’ is out on the 26th April and her tour starts on the 3rd May running right up to the 31st. She’ll be touring the UK as well as hitting: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland, finishing off in her home town of Derry.

One last exciting thing to announce is the inclusion of a brand new playlist on the doyenne_music Spotify. The playlist, entitled ‘International Women’s Day’ (creative, I know) includes 50 of the best indie songs of the past and present from female artists and female fronted bands. From Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush, to Florence and the Machine and Lana Del Rey right up until today with Billie Eilish and Grimes. Make sure to check it out through the link below to find your perfect sound track for International Women’s Day this year!