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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]
Cole was a featured performer in the 1996 prototype mini-tour for Lilith Fair, [3] and also was a headliner for Lilith Fair in 1997 [4] and 1998. [5] She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1998, and also became the first woman ever to be nominated for "Producer of the Year" in her own right in that same year. [2]
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]
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]
That year, Coppola played Lilith Fair, although she was vocal about her opinion of Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan before the tour, indicating that she felt McLachlan was "boring to watch live". [19] Coppola remarked that "I think she's a good songwriter, at times, and singer. She's boring to watch live, though." [19]
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.