Hired Guns - Portraits of Women in Alternative Music - Amanda Kramer

Hired Guns - Portraits of Women in Alternative Music - Amanda Kramer

Joy Askew

Hired Guns - Portraits of Women in Alternative Music - Amanda Kramer

Amanda Kramer [+-]
Musician
Amanda Kramer is an American musician whose prolific career spans four decades. She is a member of The Psychedelic Furs and has been keyboardist/vocalist for lauded bands such as The Golden Palominos, 10,000 Maniacs, World Party, and Information Society. She has performed with such acts as Siouxsie Sioux, Lloyd Cole, and Eurythmics; as well as having collaborated with celebrated sound designer/composer Blake Leyh on various projects - including an album titled Wintermass. She has also scored music for television, including the UK TV series Globe Trekker.
Wayne Byrne [+-]
Author
Wayne Byrne is an acclaimed author. He has written five books which have been published by the likes of Columbia University Press, Wallflower Press, and McFarland. He was music critic for Ireland’s iconic Hot Press Magazine and has written for a variety of newspapers and publications including The Irish Times, Books Ireland, The Dark Side, and Film Ireland.

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Interview with Joy Askew (Joe Jackson, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel) and documentation of her career.

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Kramer, Amanda; Byrne, Wayne. Joy Askew. Hired Guns - Portraits of Women in Alternative Music. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 60-107 Feb 2024. ISBN 9781800504301. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=44780. Date accessed: 06 May 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.44780. Feb 2024

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