Listening to Yoko Ono’s 1973 personal and political album *Feeling the Space* makes one understand why an album can still inspire a generation of activists almost four decades later. In tracks such as “Woman Power,” the empathetic ballad “Angry Young Woman,” the hilarious “Potbelly Rocker,” and the satirical “Men Men Men,” Yoko sings with astonishing candour about the burdens women bear and about feminism. Accompanied by talented artists like guitarist David Spinozza, saxophonist Michael Brecker, and drummer Jim Keltner, this effort is perhaps the most accessible and intimate of Yoko Ono’s catalogue. *Feeling the Space* was recorded while the visionary artist was estranged from her husband, John Lennon. He only briefly played on the album (credited as Johnny O'cean), while she wrote and produced all the tracks. The result is the soundtrack to an era where awareness and criticism of the normative family structure flourished. Yoko was always at the forefront of women's liberation movements, dedicating her songs to her “sisters who were dying in pain and sorrow and to those now in prison and mental hospitals because of their inability to survive in a male-dominated society.” An emotional exploration of the feeling of oppression.
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