DEARTH: AN ACUTE INSUFFICIENCY

Insufficiency, lack of: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; “there is a serious lack of insight into the problem”

DEARTH: paucity, scarcity

1. There is a dearth of female artists who can write and perform with the authority of JOAN ARMATRADING

2. There is a dearth of female artists who took risks to speak their truths like songwriter, JANIS IAN:

3. There is a dearth of female artists with the charisma and style of songwriter, RICKIE LEE JONES:

DEARTH: a small and inadequate amount.

In the music industry today, when it comes to female recording artists, there is a DEARTH of original talent.  There is a WEALTH of homogenized, artless, style over substance, institutionalized cookie cutter “poodles” leaping joyfully through industry hoops.  There is a DEARTH of experienced, storytelling women with genuine heart and soul.