If your CV ends up looking half as impressive as Vivien Goldman’s, you will have had a tremendous career. Goldman wrote for NME, Sounds and Melody Maker in the heyday of punk.
She worked closely with Bob Marley, was a member of The Flying Lizards and currently serves as adjunct professor of Punk and Reggae at NYU. Yes, she’s literally the Punk Professor.
This year saw the release of her latest book, 'Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot', which charts the rise of women in music the world over. It’s already essential reading for all music fans.
Goldman’s keynote speech at BIGSOUND will cover her extraordinary career thus far, and the representation of women in music that she covers so extensively in her latest book.
