Women have a hard time in the male-dominated music industry. But something has been happening in Munich recently: musicians support each other in Whatsapp newsletters, and an initiative draws attention to further grievances.
There are metal bands, punk bands, indie bands… and then there are female bands. women bands? Various Munich initiatives and bands are now campaigning to ensure that the female gender is not considered a genre. The band is on the stage at this year’s “Sound of Munich Now” festival Barska and the Factory. The fact that the indie folk pop band consists only of female musicians should not be a unique selling point for them.