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This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Abbey Carbonneau, founder of Book More Women, a nonprofit organization working to create greater gender equity and transparency in the music industry.

Ari and Abbey discuss the ongoing gender imbalance in music festival lineups and why women continue to be underrepresented across different genres. Abbey explains how Book More Women started after noticing that women were consistently missing from major festival lineups, and how she turned that observation into an organization dedicated to holding the industry accountable.

They also explore the business arguments against booking more women, the importance of pay transparency, unconscious bias in the music industry, and how festivals can take meaningful steps toward more equitable representation. Abbey shares details about Book More Women’s new festival accountability program, including partnerships with festivals like Lightning in a Bottle, and discusses how fans, artists, and industry professionals can get involved.

Abbey Carbonneau
https://www.instagram.com/bookmorewomen/
https://www.bookmorewomen.com/

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00:04:20 – How Book More Women Got Started
00:08:32 – Why Women Are Underrepresented on Festival Lineups
00:12:55 – The Mission Behind Book More Women
00:14:18 – Turning Awareness Into Action
00:18:35 – Gender Inequality and Artist Pay
00:22:31 – Transparency and Festival Accountability
00:27:10 – Who Is Behind Book More Women?
00:29:27 – How to Get Involved and Volunteer
00:34:25 – What Does It Mean to Make It in the New Music Business?

Edited and mixed by Ruben Zarate
Music by Brassroots District
Produced by the team at Ari’s Take

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