INSIDE CAFÉ SOCIETY: NYC’S FIRST INTEGRATED NIGHTCLUB
When Café Society opened as a cabaret in Greenwich Village in December 1938, it was one of the...
Sharon M. Hannon
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: WHY MARIANNE FAITHFULL MATTERS
Marianne Faithfull has had a long, fascinating career since her days as the ‘It Girl’ of the Swingin’...
BILLIE HOLIDAY: LADY DAY’S ENDURING LEGACY
Few major musical artists faced the obstacles Billie Holiday had to face, but then few can match her...
MICHAEL ALAGO’S FABULOUS JOURNEY
Brooklyn native Michael Alago was one of the good guys in the corporate music industry. As an A&R...
A RIOT GRRRL PRIMER: REVOLUTION GIRL STYLE NOW
As Bikini Kill makes plans for their first tour in 23 years, PKM revisits the roots of the...
BJ PAPAS: FROM NY HARDCORE TO LA PUNK – SHE’S SHOT THEM ALL
Photographer BJ Papas started out shooting the New York hardcore scene—bands like Agnostic Front, the Bad Brains and...
FRAME OF MIND: 20 YEARS OF THE DC MUSIC SCENE
When Antonia Tricarico moved from her native Italy to Washington D.C. in 1997, she felt a kinship with...
Women of Rock Unite!: Oral History Project founder/director Tanya Pearson Explains How
Frustrated over a lack of sources about women rock musicians, a Smith College grad student decided to go...
JENNY LENS: AN L.A. PUNK PIONEER
When Jenny Lens took her camera into the heart and soul of the Los Angeles punk scene, she...
DANDELIONS AND DEAD FLOWERS: THE DISASTER AT ALTAMONT
Fifty years ago, the hippie pipedream was said to come to an end at a race track 65...
PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 3 (THE UK EDITION)
PKM continues its series of seminal women in punk! This installment takes us into the explosion of the...
PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 2
PKM profiles 10 more women who left their mark on punk, including a club owner, a photographer, a...
PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB
Women played major roles as musicians, writers, photographers, artists, clothing designers…and still do By Sharon M. Hannon A...