October 1985

Deirdre McCalla

Concert Coming

By JOANNE FRUSTACI

"Bored with top 40's? Try Women's Music" reads a vintage 70's bumpersticker. Now some of you may have stopped trying. Too much diatribe, not enough fun. Words like patriarchy and monogamy set to lyrics set you off? And others of you may have stopped trying as concerts aimed for a wider, more commercial appeal. Too much fun, not enough diatribe. Or you may have thought you'd scream if you saw one more young white woman sing gamely of our differences in a sea of young white faces.

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Singer/songwriter/guitarist Deirdre McCalla will entice the jaded at either extreme. This performer polished! Silky sweet voice. Effortless and enchanting stage presence. Irresistible loping rhythms.

Her new release on Olivia Records, "Don't Doubt It," is by far one of the best recent offerings of the nascent women's music industry. Exquisite ballads, reggae, rhythm and blues are her genres. McCalla calls her style acoustic pop. These are love songs wie eart and danceable dance tunes. The arragenenos_exe unmistakeably Teresa Trull's expert and exciting.

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McCalla's first album, "Fur Coats and Blue Jeans, was released on Roulette Records in 1973. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the National Theatre Institute. Her performances include the National Women's Music Festival and the Michigan Women's Music Festival, as well as major clubs_in

York, Chicago, and San Francisco.

Deirdre McCalla will appear in concert on Saturday, October 26 at 9 p.m. The concert, presented by Oven Productions in cooperation with the Women's Coffeehouse, will take place at the Women's Coffeehouse in the Civic at 3130 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets are $4.00 at the door. The Coffeehouse is a chemically free, women-only space. For information about childcare or work exchange, call 321-3054 Monday through Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m., or 371-9714.

McCalla's songs have been in Home Girls--A published Black Feminist Anthology,

Gay Peoples Chronicle

Deirdra McCalla performs at the Women's Coffeehouse

Conditions Five: The Black women's issue, and Sinister Wisdom. Her non-fiction appeared in The Coming Out Stories.

Whether you prefer poetry or politics, McCalla melts both together with a fine command of musical forms. Don't miss her!

Take Back

the Night

About 150 women and children took part in the September 28 Take Back the Night march and rally. Watch for the Chronicle's coverage of this event in our November issue.

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Diedra McCalla *

Diedra McCalla **

Wildflower Brigade (formerly called Wallflower Order)

11th Annual Women's Variety Show

*At Kent State University ** Co-sponsored with the Women's Coffeehouse at the civic

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