Dida sings the Lost Women of Song at Barbes

B A R B È S, 376 9th St, , Brooklyn, NY 11215

Interpreting some remarkable songs and the mysterious stories behind a group of underground female artists, some hardly known and others under recognized, who wrote music and lyrics often well ahead of their time. From 1950s singer-songwriter Connie Converse and self-taught American blues guitarist Elizabeth Cotten to Molly Drake, Mistress Mary, Tia Blake and Norma Tanega.