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Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010.
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 1 was released in 1998 and served as a fundraiser for Lifebeat and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. [1] The recording was produced by Terry McBride and compiled over four months, going through recordings spanning the entire festival.
Founded by McLachlan, McBride, Nettwerk co-owner Dan Fraser and New York talent agent Marty Diamond, Lilith Fair was the top-grossing festival tour of 1997 and ranked 16th among the year's Top 100 Tours. In 1998, Lilith Fair grossed just over $6 million and remained the top-grossing summer concert package tour of the season. [15]
She sang on albums by artists such as Rufus Wainwright, [109] Travis [110] and the Lilith Fair: Celebration of Music compilation album (with Sarah McLachlin, Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, and others). [111] [112] In 1992, she won Best Female Rock Vocalist at the Pro L.A. Music Awards. [113]
In the late 1990s, Dan partnered with McBride, Marty Diamond, and Sarah McLachlan to co-found the all-female Lilith Fair tour. [1] [2] For 4 consecutive years, Lilith Fair showcased a wide variety of female-fronted acts to audiences throughout North America. In April 2009, it was announced that Lilith Fair would be returning in Summer 2010. [3]
It was also the name of Lilith Fair, a concert tour and traveling music festival from 1997 to 1999 that featured only female artists and female-led bands. Lilith and Black Moon Lilith are placements in modern astrology that are said to represent women's liberation.
Osborne was a co-headliner for the Lilith Fair in 1997. In 2001, Osborne produced an album for her friends the Holmes Brothers, Speaking in Tongues, engineered by Grammy winner Trina Shoemaker and featuring backing vocals from Catherine Russell, Maydie Miles, and Osborne. The album was released by Alligator Records.
Following the tour's conclusion, the band were to return to the United States to join the lineup of the 1998 Lilith Fair. [19] They were scheduled to play the following seven dates (reportedly cancelled): [20] 28 June: Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix; 29 June: New Mexico Festival, Albuquerque [17] 1 July: All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City