Ngaire Ruth
Welcome to Ngaire Ruth’s Control Room where you can find some of the best of my writing and research, from the archives and current. I’m an academic and lecturer with a particular interest in research that supports women vocalists and producers. I’ve been a feminist music critic for thirty years, starting at the Melody Maker pre-digital and post digital as section editor for thegirlsare online magazine, the F Word, and other publications. The journey has involved lots of reading of feminist and music resources, which I share in my book, Taking Control: Manifesto Of A Girl Journalist In The 90s, a current writing project. Read more archive reviews and creative non fiction, along with a book synopsis on Substack and register interest in purchasing your own printed copy at ngaireruthsbook@gmail.com
See what skills I’m selling in Contact (below) and on the Lectures and Talks page. Read my agenda for this website, Taking Control.
The Blurb
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Agenda
As a young music journalist for the weekly print music paper Melody Maker, my personal professional agenda was to help normalise women in bands. I wrote my own secret manifesto, sort of my ethical framework and agenda. Now I want to support women and non binary producers and women vocalists and songwriters.
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Female Voices Series – new music
WOMEN WHO ARE TAKING CONTROL – Introducing singer songwriter ROSIE WEBB Agenda 2 Listen To What Women Songwriters, Vocalists And Producers Have To Say. “Women songwriters have consistently seen little to no growth. In 2022, 14% of songwriters were women, roughly equal to 2021. In total, women comprised only 12.8% of the songwriters evaluated from…
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THE BREEDERS TGA Magazine Issue 1 Winter 2013
The Breeders were a Big Deal – a powerhouse of established female musicians from Pixies, Throwing Muses and That Perfect Disaster.
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SUGARCUBES INTERVIEW SIREN magazine (print) Issue Eight 1992
Originally published in the spring issue of SIREN music magazine before the band split (1992), and Bjork went solo. Bjork’s understanding of music and her vision is evident here. All archives include a deconstruction from an intersectional feminist viewpoint and its context in relation to popular culture.
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GENDER VENTRILOQUISM IN THE LYRICS, RECORDING AND PRODUCTION OF FEMALE VOICES
Gender Ventriloquism – what it is and why it’s a threat to the security of women vocalists. One solution is more women and non binary producers.