SCOTLAND has produced an array of top female musicians and singers from Annie Lennox, Sharleen Spiteri of Texas and Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches to Amy Macdonald, Lulu and Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins. But now there are plans under way to better recognise the role of women in Scottish music - and highlight the obstacles they face including sexism through a new film. Some £17,000 has already been raised to get archive footage for the Since Yesterday documentary that will feature 80s pop punks Strawberry Switchblade as well as Grammy award-winning KT Tunstall. Since Yesterday: The Unsung Pioneers of Scottish Pop aims to celebrate the songs, stories and journey of Scotland s all-female bands from 1960 to 2010.
Strawberry Switchblade
Strawberry Switchblade were a Scottish female new wave duo formed in Glasgow in 1981 by Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall, best known for their song Since Yesterday from 1985, and their flamboyant clothing with bows and polka-dots.
JODY & THE JERMS Announce New Single Get Me Out Get me out of here, I m screaming, I need something new. coos Jody Jeger in her effortlessly cool Sarah Cracknell-meets-Sonya Madan vocal. With traces of melancholy and ennui, Jeger seems to encapsulate the thoughts of an entire nation right now.
A track about small town suburban boredom and the yearning to escape that naturally springs from it, Get Me Out was written in November by Jody alongside Jerms lead-guitarist (and husband) Niall. Although recorded at a session in a rehearsal room in St Clements before the latest wave of lockdowns, it couldn t be more apposite in 2021.