Lincoln Center, a bastion of traditional concert art, is embracing the punk scene through its American Songbook series curated by Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali. This initiative celebrates the contributions of female punk musicians and artists often overlooked, such as the Slits and Poly Styrene. For the first time, Lincoln Center is introducing its audience to the raw energy and D.I.Y. spirit of punk music, aiming to validate the genre while empowering underrepresented voices in music. The pair hopes to expand punk's perception and influence within a prestigious cultural space.
As a songwriter, there's a lot of delegitimizing of aggressive music, said Tamar-kali, one of the series' curators.
They booked contemporary artists to showcase punk's elasticity, and to highlight styles that have historically been overlooked.
It just feels like I'm real musician now, Hanna said, and they both laughed.
The idea was to introduce an uptown audience to our canon, as Hanna, the Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman, and riot grrrl originator, put it.
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