If you saw those big liquid eyes and heard that perfect rock and roll voice in 1979 singing "Stillsane," you never forgot it. "Stillsane" was a rollicking, sax-driven, joyful tune about holding onto one's sanity in the face of adversity. Without the benefit of MTV (which started a few years later in 1981), Carolyne Mas came to the forefront during an era when a number of female rock artists seemed to be gaining purchase in the marketplace for the first time (Pat Benatar, Ellen Foley, and Ellen Shipley were some of the others). Though these artists' sounds were quite different, they were all lumped together by virtue of their sex and Mas' undeniable talent was given short shrift. No overnight success herself, by 1979 Mas had spent several years honing her chops on the Greenwich Village scene. Lauded as "the female...
- 9/9/2009
- by Holly Cara Price
- Huffington Post
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