Behind the music: Where are the female A&Rs?

There are plenty of talented women in music, but the people responsible for signing, developing and promoting them are almost always menThis year looks like an exciting one for female artists in the UK (they were pretty successful last year too, with Duffy outselling the majority of male pop stars). The airwaves and charts are dominated by artists like Micachu and the Shapes, Little Boots and Pixie Lott, while La Roux, Florence and the Machine, Bat for Lashes and Lisa Hannigan have been shortlis...

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