Alix Dobkin's Adventures in Women's Music

Plot

Written by a major pioneering figure in the women's music movement. Dobkin performed with Kay Gardner and other women in the early 1970s before she released the famous lesbian feminist record Lavender Jane Loves Women in 1973. This album which jumpstarted the Women's Music Network. Dobkin includes an autobiographical essay about her youth in New York City and Philadelphia, as well as her early years in folk music. Personal notes also accompany the songs. Titles in this song book include the ever popular "The Woman in Your Life is You," "Amazon ABC" and "Lesbian Power Authority." Includes visual art and photographs by Liza Cowan and others. "Consciousness raising is the basis of my songwriting."

Introduction
Autobiography
Making a record
Balkan singing
Back to the studio
Music and lyrics