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Walking home from a short trip around my neighborhood, I noticed the church message board: Mothering God, Thank you for life. I loved that...designating the quality of mothering to the Divine-which-is-all-things. My mother was fierce and strict, holding our wildness in check, teaching us discipline, making sure we had piano lessons (thank you, Mom), making sure we brushed our teeth, helped out around the place with assigned chores...all that and more. There was no doubt that I was mothered. As a result, I, too, am able to mother the Other...to move beyond myself in order to care for another. I stopped my walk to talk with the 5-year-olds in the preschool. We talked about so many things: fire, and electricity, and music, and how things all had to be invented along the way. I waved farewell and headed for home. I felt I had let the mothering god come through me, and it came back through the open minds of the children. Join us this Sunday for The Mothers' Way...love through songs, full and fierce and free. 3pmPT/6pmET over on my Facebook Music Page. facebook.com/criswilliamsonmusic
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Cris Williamson Biography
Decades before indie labels were the norm, and years before women had any real access to the industry, Cris Williamson was busy changing the face of popular music. In 1975, the twenty-something former schoolteacher recorded The Changer And The Changed, for her brainchild, Olivia Records. the first woman-owned woman-focused record company. Her music and voice quickly became the soundtrack of a movement, and was the cornerstone of what would become known as "women's music," music created, performed, and marketed specifically to women. Today, that recording, The Changer and the Changed, remains one of the best-selling independent releases of all time.
For Cris, the music became the vehicle for something larger. Her lyrics appear on a regular basis in books and thesis papers. Her albums are part of the curriculum for women's studies courses, and thousands of people who may not even know her name join their voices in "Song of the Soul" around campfires and places of worship. She is embraced by women. She is sampled in hip-hop Her music is used by midwives welcoming life into the world, while hospice choirs sing her songs in tender sacred escort.
"She is often considered a treasure, passed hand-to-hand, person-to-person," says the Boston Phoenix, "Williamson is an heroic character whose tireless activism continues."
Says Bonnie Raitt, "The first time I heard Cris' music, it was like hearing honey dripped on a cello... Cris has been a whole lot of women's heroes -- including mine."
Today, with 30+ full albums to her credit, Cris continues to tour the acoustic circuit adding new material at each juncture. Her performance career includes three sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall and the headlining of many of the great folk festivals, including Newport, Kerrville, Moab and Vancouver. Williamson, along with Judy Dlugacz, was honored in 2018 at the Americana Music Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award for the work done in support of women in the music business, particularly the support of lesbian artists in the early 70’s and beyond.
The songs and the celebration continue with the release of her 33rd album "Harbor Street" scheduled for a June 3, 2022 release.
Read MoreFor Cris, the music became the vehicle for something larger. Her lyrics appear on a regular basis in books and thesis papers. Her albums are part of the curriculum for women's studies courses, and thousands of people who may not even know her name join their voices in "Song of the Soul" around campfires and places of worship. She is embraced by women. She is sampled in hip-hop Her music is used by midwives welcoming life into the world, while hospice choirs sing her songs in tender sacred escort.
"She is often considered a treasure, passed hand-to-hand, person-to-person," says the Boston Phoenix, "Williamson is an heroic character whose tireless activism continues."
Says Bonnie Raitt, "The first time I heard Cris' music, it was like hearing honey dripped on a cello... Cris has been a whole lot of women's heroes -- including mine."
Today, with 30+ full albums to her credit, Cris continues to tour the acoustic circuit adding new material at each juncture. Her performance career includes three sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall and the headlining of many of the great folk festivals, including Newport, Kerrville, Moab and Vancouver. Williamson, along with Judy Dlugacz, was honored in 2018 at the Americana Music Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award for the work done in support of women in the music business, particularly the support of lesbian artists in the early 70’s and beyond.
The songs and the celebration continue with the release of her 33rd album "Harbor Street" scheduled for a June 3, 2022 release.
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