In my heart of hearts, I really do think that this was the most successful edition of WOSMAW thus far. A lot of hard work and tireless dedication went into organizing, writing, and planning for this event. This is a labor of love, and it gives me a chance to show readers like you what this blog is really about.

Everywhere around the world, there is some young girl picking up a Les Paul, a microphone, or a pair of drumsticks for the first time, aspiring to follow in the footsteps of their rock idols. If any of the women I have interviewed and honored here has introduced those girls to a whole world of underground music that they had never known about before, then I have done my job.

Extra special thanks are given to Stephanie of Tinsel Teeth and Michelle Temple of Black Skies, both of whom went as far as to schedule whole new photo shoots for their interviews and publicize WOSMAW IV to a broader audience. More thanks go out to the women on the British sludge/doom scene for being tireless messengers for my work, and also to Lori from Acid King for being so patient as I poked and prodded her relentlessly for an interview (Hey, sometimes it’s what you’ve got to do!). Until WOSMAW V comes along (which will likely be in September or October of this year), here’s a recap of the “Trailblazers” features and the five-question interviews I did this time around:

TRAILBLAZERS:

Jinx Dawson (Coven)

The Ladies of 13

Amy Miret (Nausea)

Runhild Gammelsæter (Thorr’s Hammer)

FIVE-QUESTION INTERVIEWS:

Dani Hawkins (Ishmael)

Kathleen Stubelek (Circle Takes The Square)

Amy Holifield (House of Capricorn)

Sina D’Crime (Bottom)

Stephanie (Tinsel Teeth)

Mindy Kern (Stasis)

Andrea Black (A Storm Of Light)

Jenn “LadyEvil” Kilburn (Sister Caravan)

Michelle Temple (Black Skies)

Lori S. (Acid King)

Darcy Nutt (Uzala)

Carol Ann Cat (Nice Cat)