Nashville, Tennessee's Those Darlins (Jessi Zazu, Nikki Kvarnes, Linwood Regensburg, and Adrian Barrera) created their own record label, Oh Wow Dang Records to release their music- which blends alternative country, garage rock, and classic rock & roll. The band has released three albums, Those Darlins (2009), Screws Get Loose (2011), and most recently Blur The Line (2013). "Oh God" is a single from their newest LP, Blur The Line- check out a video of "Oh God" live and acoustic below.
Do you think being a woman and a musician is different from being a man and a musician? If so, how? Was there a moment that made a difference clear to you?
"There isn't a difference. I go out there and I play music and I rock and I roll. People enjoy it, I get payed at the end of the night, I go to the next town, I write songs, I record a record, I put the record out. It's all the same in that regard. The difference is in how others perceive me as a woman musician. The difference is people notice my gender before they notice my songs, or how I play, or what I play. I'm not saying this is always a bad thing, but it is a difference. People don't look at an all male band and say ""whoa, that's all guys."" or ""whoa, where's the girls?"" People don't say to a male musician ""When you walked on stage I thought, WHOA a dude band, what are THEY gonna do? But then you guys can ACTUALLY play!!!"" Sometimes people come to our shows because they are interested in what a buncha girls could do. Sometimes people don't come to our shows because they don't care what a buncha girls could do. I've often heard ""I don't like female vocalists."" Can you really block out the entire sex of womankind and say that not one of them you would like their vocals? What if they sing like a man? Anyway, I've always been aware of this perception of women in general, but especially in music. Coming from a family full of boys wailing on guitars... When my mom said ""You better practice that guitar so you can show up the boys"" it really stuck with me." -NPR.
Do you think being a woman and a musician is different from being a man and a musician? If so, how? Was there a moment that made a difference clear to you?
"There isn't a difference. I go out there and I play music and I rock and I roll. People enjoy it, I get payed at the end of the night, I go to the next town, I write songs, I record a record, I put the record out. It's all the same in that regard. The difference is in how others perceive me as a woman musician. The difference is people notice my gender before they notice my songs, or how I play, or what I play. I'm not saying this is always a bad thing, but it is a difference. People don't look at an all male band and say ""whoa, that's all guys."" or ""whoa, where's the girls?"" People don't say to a male musician ""When you walked on stage I thought, WHOA a dude band, what are THEY gonna do? But then you guys can ACTUALLY play!!!"" Sometimes people come to our shows because they are interested in what a buncha girls could do. Sometimes people don't come to our shows because they don't care what a buncha girls could do. I've often heard ""I don't like female vocalists."" Can you really block out the entire sex of womankind and say that not one of them you would like their vocals? What if they sing like a man? Anyway, I've always been aware of this perception of women in general, but especially in music. Coming from a family full of boys wailing on guitars... When my mom said ""You better practice that guitar so you can show up the boys"" it really stuck with me." -NPR.