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Margie Adam (born 1947 in Lompoc, California,
U.S.) is one of the pioneers of the Women's Music
movement.
Early history
She began playing the piano at an early age. In 1973, while
attending the Sacramento Women's Music Festival, she performed during the open mic session and so
began her career as a professional musician and composer. Soon, she was involved in the Women's
Music movement, a school of music which uses the art form as a means of political and social as well as artistic
expression.
Recordings and tours
Her first album, Margie Adam, was promoted with a fifty city tour which concluded with a performance of her song, "We
Shall Go Forth" at the National Women's Conference in Houston. The song quickly became an anthem for the feminist movement
and is now part of the Political History archives in the Smithsonian Museum.
Touring through the early eighties at various concerts and fundraisers for feminist candidates
and causes, she eventually took what she called a "radical's sabbatical," during which she enhanced her music and singing skills
and also counseled people recovering from drug and alcohol dependencies. She returned to writing music in 1990 and went on a national tour in 1992 to support her new album, Another
Place. In 1996 she embarked on the Three of Hearts tour with fellow pianists Liz Story and Barbara Higbie. A tour to raise awareness of the service
feminist bookstores made to the women's community was conducted in 1998.
Margie Adam continues to compose and perform at various venues across the US and Canada. Some
well known names in music have made covers of her songs, including Dusty Springfield
and Peter, Paul and Mary. Music from her albums Naked Keys and Soon and
Again is used during National Public Radio's All Things Considered news broadcasts. Her song "How Many?" is often played at displays of the
NAMES Project AIDS Quilt. Avalon, her latest album was released in
2000.
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