Rock and roll has seen some fabulous female singers through the years. One can go back to the 1950s and '60s to find voices and songs that resonate today. Names like Ronnie Spector, Martha Reeves, ...

Tina Weymouth, bassist of Talking Heads, had played guitar before she switched over to bass, and she figured two less strings on an instrument would be no problem, despite having no prior experience.

Just looking at the numbers, there is a male dominance among male rock bands. Of course, women were always present in rock and pop, either as solo artists or as band members often fronting them, and ...

If you look backward through the history of rock 'n' roll, you'll find that the ratio of women to men has always been, in a word, unbalanced. At the time of this writing in 2025, less than 10 percent ...

The 1980s were a transition moment for popular music. While the 1960s and 1970s ushered in what became the quintessential classic rock era thanks to bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Who, ...

We all know and love Joan Jett and Debbie Harry, but what about the female icons who don’t get mentioned in conversations about the heyday of punk nearly as often? Let’s dive into a list of four ...