'Twenty-first-century Woman' by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
Recorded by 'Twenty-first-century Women'

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‘Twenty-first-century Woman’ is a ground-breaking musical project for International Women’s Day 2019. Its centrepiece is a brand new gospel-style song for women’s voices and band, composed by British singer and songwriter Joanna Forbes L’Estrange with lyrics inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s famous 2018 Golden Globes acceptance speech.

It was recorded at Abbey Road Studio 3 on 22nd November 2018 (St Cecilia’s Day) by stars of London’s West End, singers from Hollywood film soundtracks and an all-female band of top London session musicians.

The recording made history by being the first song written, conducted, sung, played, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered entirely by women.

The 'Twenty-first-century Woman' single was released on 8 March 2019, International Women’s Day, and all proceeds from downloads of the song go to Her Future Coalition, a charity providing shelter, education and employment for survivors of human trafficking and gender violence.

RECORDING CREDITS

SINGERS: Roshani Abbey, Gina Beck, Sara Brimer, Mary Carewe, Sarah Eyden, Alice Fearn, Hazel Fernandes, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Emma Kershaw, Jo Marshall, Melanie Marshall, Lucy Potterton, Liz Swain, Rebecca Trehearn

SOLO GIRL: Alicia Marsden

BAND: Andrea Vicari (piano), Inga Eichler (bass), Sophie Alloway (drums), Rosie Frater-Taylor (guitar)

Engineer: Isabel Gracefield
Assistant engineer: Alice Bennett
Producer/Mix/Mastering: Isabel Gracefield

Videographer: Katy Jackson
MD: Joanna Forbes L’Estrange

With special appearances from:

Dr Anna Gilham
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP
Sofi Jeannin
Sophie Alloway
Wendy Cope OBE
Ruby Wax OBE
Shaunagh Brown
Louise & Melanie Marshall
The Military Wives Choirs
Dame Jenni Murray DBE
Joanna Lumley OBE
Lauren Steadman
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE
The Reverend Lucy Winkett
Sister Cristina Scuccia
Catherine Barker and United Learning school
Anna Jenkin and teachers from Kettering Buccleuch Academy
Radka Bozhidarova Dineva
Linda Trehearn, Margaret Hastie & Mel Owen Hewitt
of Bryn Estyn Residential Care Home
Jasmin Paris
Catherine Bott
Joanne Harris MBE
Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh
Wendie Oxlade-Chamberlain
Dr Rachel Evans
Azra Jivraj
Nursing staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital
Caroline Hirons
Shaunagh Brown, Vickii Cornborough & Leanne Riley
Harlequins & England RFU
Mel Giedroyc
Carol Pearson
Janet Pope, Fiona Cannon & Tanvi Gokhale at Lloyds Banking Group Prue Leith CBE
Moira Cameron

With special thanks to the following people:

Sophie Ray, Klara Niklewicz & Jack Lintorn at Abbey Road Studios
Jan Cisek for the webpage
Jonny Gee for the logo
Emma Ralph for filming for the #weare section
Katy Jackson for filming the recording session and making this video
Jane Underwood for administration
Steve Long at Signum Records
Claire Long and Louisa Lawson at Music Productions
Sophie Key for advice on film-making
Lisa Davies & Mike Armstrong for PR
Alexander L'Estrange for supporting the project from conception to completion
Fi Alsop for helping to mastermind the entire project

Joanna would like to thank Oprah Winfrey for inspiring her to write 'Twenty-first-century Woman'

Find out more at www.joannaforbeslestrange.com/twenty-first-century-woman-song

Join us on social media
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#twentyfirstcenturywomansong

The sheet music is published by Andagio and available to buy/download from www.alexanderlestrange.com/shop

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