The premise of Lilith Fair was simple: Make female musicians matter. In the late 1990s, with radio programmers refusing to play songs from female artists in succession and concert promoters reluctant ...
Ask Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan, separately, to offer up a particularly wild and crazy antic from back in the Lilith Fair day and each recounts the same story: "I flashed Chrissie Hynde onstage," ...
Twenty years ago this month, Sarah McLachlan and a rotating cast of fellow artists embarked on the women-centric traveling fest known as Lilith Fair. While the nostalgic view of the Nineties paints it ...
Hear songs by Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Meredith Brooks and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Every once in a while, it’s good to be reminded that Sarah McLachlan is more than just the voice behind that ...
8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. A slightly different version of ...
In the beginning, all Sarah McLachlan wanted was to prove to music industry gatekeepers that female artists could sell concert tickets. The “Sweet Surrender” singer had a simple, untested idea: put ...
It was 1997 and I was less than a week away from going away to university and leaving home for the first time. Lilith Fair was the last big thing I was going to do with my best friend. Our world was ...
Recently, the trend of Gen Z discovering cultural touchstones that occurred before they were born landed on Lilith Fair. On TikTok, twentysomething women have been marvelling about learning of ...
It was July 5th 1997: Opening night of the groundbreaking all-female music festival Lilith Fair. The lineup featured a who's who of female alternative musicians of the moment: Sheryl Crow, Jewel, The ...
The tour started by Sarah McLachlan is the subject of the film, which includes a who’s who of women making music in that era. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Singer-songwriter ...