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PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock

This performance documentary vibrates with energy as it traces the mark women musicians have made on America’s soundtrack. Friday at 9:30 p.m. on PBS-HD 6. by Colleen Greer

From Bessie Smith to Janis Joplin to Lady Gaga, this performance documentary vibrates with energy as it traces the indelible mark that amazing women musicians have made on America’s soundtrack.

women_rock_group Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (l-r) Darlene Love, Mavis Staples and Ronnie Spector perform "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" on stage with Cyndi Lauper (second from right) at the Rock Hall's It's Only Rock and Roll Spring Benefit Concert on May 14, 2011
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Inspired by the “Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power” exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, “Women Who Rock” reveals new insights into what it means to be female in the male-dominated world of rock and roll, while exploring how those dynamics between the sexes have changed with time. Cyndi Lauper, who appears in the program, hosts.

WOMEN WHO ROCK airs as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.

Friday at 9:30 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.

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