{"id":2210,"date":"2023-03-07T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2023-03-07T22:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:22:42","slug":"celebrating-sofar-women-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/celebrating-sofar-women-artists","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day: Celebrating Sofar Women Artists from Across the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy International Women\u2019s Day. Here at Sofar, we prefer to celebrate women everyday. But in honor of this international day, we\u2019ve put together a collection of some of our absolute favorite performances throughout the years from dynamic Sofar women artists around the world. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL4_SsHNp9R6flp_q3RjeUorieR0td4yCg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the full playlist<\/a>, followed by a few standouts below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>1. Andra Day &#8211; Rise Up | Sofar Los Angeles<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3gQATUnQuFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she was winning Golden Globes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we got the chance to see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1c4rxrxy8eDLvMVL1DTiBe?si=-aEASEBzRe2TjKn-u15FxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andra Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> perform this stunning number, \u201cRise Up\u201d. Doesn\u2019t matter how many times we watch this video, we still get full-on chills from the artist\u2019s powerful voice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andra Day - Rise Up | Sofar Los Angeles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K8lvltGyUFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>2. Joules the Fox &#8211; AVOCADO | Sofar Hamburg<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s something Joni Mitchell-esque about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6o9JtuPAyQPyq2WXfQnjaN?si=d1ZNl2ANRHiFIWH5wUi1eA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joules the Fox\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s airy delivery, but the artist is also doing her own thing entirely. She\u2019ll hook you in immediately with that magic loop, turning a solo performance into something kaleidoscopic, right before your eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joules the Fox - AVOCADO | Sofar Hamburg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXAly01zMtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>3. Shilpa Ananth &#8211; Decipher | Sofar Dubai<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0You gotta be patient here, it takes a full minute for the vibe to fully set instrumentally before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3mlTRbD5Vit017KpgSvzEi?si=6Hno4HrPTSKUYWcYUA4Pmg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shilpa Ananth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s voice almost blooms into existence. You\u2019re gonna feel your shoulders drop by the end of this dreamy tune.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shilpa Ananth - Decipher  | Sofar Dubai\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFxrTTJN0l4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>4. Pinqy Ring &#8211; En Mi Viejo San Juan | Sofar Chicago<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/0wKrF6KbMFR54PDgb9MEYa?si=X8xTfkxAQGeM1AkkJpxrBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinqy Ring<\/a> brings so much charismatic energy to her performance, bringing the crowd in as part of the song. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/pinqy-ring-interview-hip-hop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educator, MC and all-around artist <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simultaneously makes us smile and fully blows us away with her talent\u2014watch her Sofar performance and see for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pinqy Ring - En Mi Viejo San Juan | Sofar Chicago\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jrhf3BW0NUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hear the full playlist below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Sofar | Voices of Women\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4S4GJ2YeCpCyQ4TNfecWCk?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sofar Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy International Women\u2019s Day. Here at Sofar, we prefer to celebrate women everyday. But in honor of this international day, we\u2019ve put together a collection of some of our absolute favorite performances throughout the years from dynamic Sofar women artists around the world. See the full playlist, followed by a few standouts below. 1. 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