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DESCRIPTION:with : Skip the Needle (Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Katie Cash, Kofy Brown) 
 Barbara Higbie, Julie Wolf, Mouths of Babes (Ty Greenstein, Ingrid 
 Elizabeth), Mary Watkins, Be Steadwell and more!\n\nThe Changer and the 
 Changed\n\nForty-five years ago, from their offices in a modest home in Los 
 Angeles, a collective of young radical lesbians released a record album 
 that was to become the soundtrack of a movement. Olivia Records, as the 
 collective was known, recorded and released Cris Williamson's The Changer 
 and The Changed, which quickly became one of the most successful recordings 
 of the time and sparked the music genre that would become known as Women's 
 Music, around which an entire international business grew.\n\nThe success 
 of the sales of The Changer and the Changed was key in the creation, and 
 essential in the survival of an independent music business model which 
 included not only the music, but its very own concert producers, record 
 distributors, photographers, stage crews, publications, graphic designers, 
 sound engineers, lighting designers, festivals, bookstores, coffeehouses 
 and more --- all created for women by women. The Changer and the 
 Changed was as much a political and cultural statement as it was 
 entertainment.\n\nIn 2018, Cris, along with Olivia founder Judy Dlugacz, 
 were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to them by the 
 Americana Music Association. Ann Powers, NPR's Music Critic presented the 
 award in front of a celebrity-studded audience in Nashville’s famed Ryman 
 Auditorium.\n\nSaid Powers, “Cris’s 1975 album The Changer and the 
 Changed became Olivia’s signature work. It’s a beautiful record, 
 Americana through and through in its blend of country, folk and deeply 
 personal songwriting. Over the years Cris has created a profound body of 
 work, and Changer remains its crown jewel. It is one of the best-selling 
 independent records of all time, and the label that birthed it, Olivia, 
 became the foundation for a genuine and far-reaching community.\n\nThe 
 mission was to speak out loud what others would keep silent.These women 
 sang of truly being themselves, and of loving each other – in 
 relationships, as sisters, as spiritual allies. Lives changed as listeners 
 heard their stories openly celebrated for the first time.\n\nThe music 
 became like an open secret, shared from fan to fan in dorm rooms and at 
 kitchen tables, in concerts held in basements and at music festivals. It 
 still resonates today. If you don’t know about Olivia Records, you still 
 know what Olivia did. It created an essential blueprint for running an 
 independent record label. It gave us great music that everyone should hear, 
 if they haven’t. And it set people free.”\n\nSo, we invite you to share 
 an evening, or two, with the Changer. Bring your story, your sister, your 
 daughter or son, your sweetheart, your friend - and take your place as we 
 pay homage to the music and celebrate our shared history.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/27/18829265.php
SUMMARY:The Changer and the Changed - 45th Anniversary Celebration
LOCATION:Freight & Salvage\n2020 Addison\nBerkeley CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/27/18829265.php
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