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Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, Piano, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
In January 2016, Afro Celt Sound System announced that there is currently a dispute over the ownership of the name "Afro Celt Sound System", and that currently two bands exist, a lineup led by founder Simon Emmerson, and a different line-up headed by Martin Russell and James McNally. [31] [32] Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Women filled less than one-quarter of artist roles across all 12 years examined, and these figures are still far from representing the 50 percent of women in the population and the music audience.”
[1] In 2015, "while accepting the Woman of the Year honor at this year's Billboard Women in Music event", Lady Gaga commented on the "difficulties of being a female recording artist." She said it "is really hard sometimes for women in music. It's like a f[uck]ing boys club that we just can't get in to."
One of the most remarkable statistics to emerge from this year’s Emmy nominations is the number of women cited in the music categories: nearly 27 percent (14 of 52 noms) are female, the highest ...
Billboard Women in Music is an annual event held by Billboard.Its main award is titled Woman of the Year, established to recognize women in the music industry who have made significant contributions to the business and who, through their work and continued success, inspire generations of women to take on increasing responsibilities within the field, according to the magazine.
For the 10 festivals we looked at, women artists (single performers or all-women groups) made up only 12 percent of acts in 2016 — compared to 78 percent male performers (single or all-male groups).
Lina was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in, Texas.Lina’s introduction to music started at the age of four when she began singing at church. After cultivating her gospel and jazz roots by touring with the church choir, performing with her mother and singing at social gatherings, Lina was signed to Atlantic first as a songwriter and then as a singer.