Teenage Kicks®

Women's History Month special

by Jim McGuinn

March 19, 2022

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Top row, l-r: Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Debbie Harry. Bottom row, l-r: Pauline Black, Poly Styrene, Chrissie Hynde.
Top row, l-r: Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Debbie Harry. Bottom row, l-r: Pauline Black, Poly Styrene, Chrissie Hynde.Dey St.

This week on Teenage Kicks, we celebrate Women’s History Month with trailblazers and icons — all women from the Kicks era. So that means Kate Bush, Blondie, Siouxsie Sue, Pretenders, Bjork, Patti Smith, Donna Summer, Cocteau Twins, and so many more.

Program playlist, hour 1

Program playlist, hour 2

Featured artists
7 of 7
Iceland Airwaves retrospective
Mark Wheat with Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins in Reyjkjavik, Iceland, in 2017.
Nate Ryan | MPR
1 of 7
Kate Bush in 1978
Kate Bush in 1978
Chris Moorhouse/Getty Images
2 of 7
Blondie in 1977
Blondie in 1977.
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