Lady Maisery ar releasing a charity download single(a) to celebrate planetary Women’s twenty-four hour period 2013.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominated band Lady Maisery are releasing their own version of Kate scrubbing’s ‘This fair sex’s Work’ and only profits are loss to support the work of the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW).
The poesy will also celebrate the start of Women’s taradiddle Month, which begins on International Women’s Day – 8 March.
It is available to download online from 4 March.
‘This Wo universe’s Work’ is the common chord‘s first release since their debut album ‘ cuckold & Spin’ in 2011 and features the trio’s erratic style of vocal harmony, as well as demo a major development from their earlier material.
The single maintains the elan vital of Kate Bush’s original version, but is a vaulting new interpretation; underpinned by Scandinavian inspired roleplay accompaniment and driven by Lady Maisery’s typical vocals – three distinctive voices blended in striking harmony.
“ exclusively three of us have always loved Kate Bush and her original, iconic style,” they explained.
“We were struck by the way this song shows the complexities of the kinship between a man and a woman in the lead the birth of their first child, addressing the possibilities of loss whilst exploring the situation from a man’s point of view.
“It felt like an unusual incline for a song, and Kate’s lyrics get straight to the heart of this very(prenominal) human relationship, illustrating the complicated gender roles and emotions at play.
“Understanding the complexity of experiences like this is an important part of working towards more follow relationships between men and women, which is why we chose this song to release on International Women’s Day.”
Lady Maisery is made up of Hannah pack, formerly of Kerfuffle, Hannah James and Sam Sweeney, and Demon Barbers; Hazel Askew of The Askew Sisters, and rowan Rheingans from Fidola.
They have been greatly inspired by folk tattle traditions of the UK and of northern Europe, and sing songs and ballads both unaccompanied and with backing from their unite instrumental talents on accordion, harp, fiddle, bansitar and banjo.
Lady Maisery broke new ground as one of the first UK groups to explore the tradition of diddling, or stock singing, which has nearly died out in England but is still predominate in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe.
They are proud to be supporting the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), a whimsical coalition of organisations and individuals candidacy to end all forms of violence against women.
EVAW was imbed up in 2005 when women’s organisations and others came together to lobby the UK government to take a more strategic approach to finish violence against women, including making a commitment to work which aims to baffle violence against women.
EVAW continues to lobby all levels of government in the UK, and challenge the wider cultural attitudes that tolerate and condone violence against women.
“We are all passionate about campaigning for women’s rights and promoting feminism, and this is often hypothesiseed in the songs we’ve chosen to sing.
“We’re very excited to be working with the End Violence Against Women Coalition this International Women’s Day and supporting the important work they do raising awareness about violence against women, lobbying local and national government and campaigning to protect women’s support services.
“The current UK government’s austerity measures are adversely affecting women by virulent vital women’s services, making job losses in the predominantly female public sector and cutting living for children’s services on which many working parents rely.
“International Women’s Day is a good time to reflect on this and continue to work for change, as well as celebrate strong, independent women around the world”.
Materials taken from Womens Views on News
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