Episode 433: Billboard Modern Rock Tracks - Female Singer-Songwriters

On today's all new episode of the cast, we look at the plethora of female singer-songwriters that dominated on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks back in the day, and talk about at how their influence paved the way for future singer-songwriters to set the tone and edge for what was to come down the road. We discuss at how Sarah McLachlan got her start on the chart, and how she spearheaded the female revolution with the creation of the Lilith Fair in the late 90's that ushered in a renaissance and a breath of creative fresh air that dominated for most of the 90's. We mention other artists including Natalie Merchant, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, and even Sheryl Crow who dominated in a big way on this chart before she crossed over and had success on the pop chart. We also talk about the shifting tides of music, and how radio programmers instituted sexist policies that eliminated all female singer-songwriters from alternative radio for most of the late 90's and all of the 2000's before slowly coming back in the 2010's. I also play you a lsong from Boston's Til' Tuesday and their huge hit "Voices Carry".