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Remembering Scotland’s sonic sisters who tore down music industry barriers
They blazed a trail for girls with guitars, the sonic sisters of the Scottish music scene in the 20th century.
Yet the path they set out to forge for new generations of all-female bands has been left unfinished, decades after they unplugged their microphones.
A new documentary about a host of all-girl groups from Scotland in the 1960s to the present day charts their successes, celebrating major record deals, hit singles and support slots for the Beatles and Stones, while asking why so few girl bands have made it big in a male-dominated industry.
Rose McDowall, left, and Jill Bryson of Strawberry Switchblade in 1985: the Glasgow duo achieved global success in the 1980s
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The film, Since Yesterday: the Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands, will be premiered at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Conceived and co-directed by the musician Carla J Easton,
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