Lucy O'Brien Event
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Date:
- 6 January 2014
- Venue:
- Room 2077 Building 2a (Arts Annexe) University of Southampton Highfield Campus SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Laurie Stras on 023 8059 2858 or email L.A.Stras@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
A special open lecture on female popular musicians
Lucy O'Brien is an esteemed rock journalist who has written for
NME
,
Q
,
MOJO
,
Spare Rib
, the
Guardian
, the
Independent
, and many other journals. She has written three best-selling biographies of female musicians – Dusty Springfield, Annie Lennox, and Madonna – and her comprehensive history of women in popular music,
She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul
, is now in its third edition.
O'Brien will be speaking about the recent past, present, and future of female popular musicians as the final session of MUSI2088/3090
Flappers to Rappers: Girl Singers in Popular Music.
Attendance is compulsory for students on the module, but all students and staff are welcome at the lecture – it promises to be a lively discussion, and an inspiring way to start 2014!