Today is International Women’s Day. It is also the 27th anniversary of the very first gig of my long-ago band, Janes Plane. As the global theme of IWD is ‘women and men united to end violence against women and girls’ I thought this particular song, “Reclaim the Night,” would be appropriate. We performed it for the first time that night. It’s so very strange to think that the song is now older than I was when I wrote it…
Nicola Griffith 
Thanks for the song. It speaks as truly today as it did then, and at least now we have an International Women’s Day.
Another anniversary! Great song. Were you performing it then because it was IWD?I just wish we had video of this stuff. That would be fun to see.The player is not working for me, but the direct link did. And I already have it on my iTunes too.
<>barbara<>, we’ve had an IWD for a l-o-n-g time. I think the centenary is coming up soon.<>jennifer d<>, this time of year is stuffed with anniversaries, some fab some terrible, but JP is a good one.I fixed the player link, BTW. Thanks for pointing it out.
Forgot to reply to your Q: yes, we were playing at a benefit/party in honour of IWD. It was *fabulous*. The energy in that room…
Terrific!!
Thank you.