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"A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do."

— Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, "Bad Reputation"

"How many rules am I to break before you understand that your double-standards don't mean s—- to me?"

— Salt-N-Pepa, "None of Your Business"

No matter how hard I try to be just one of the guys, there's a little something inside that won't let me.

— Jenny Lewis, "Just One of the Guys"

Music has come a long way from the days when Aretha Franklin demanded "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" or Helen Reddy declared "I am woman, hear me roar."

Among the dozens of major concerts scheduled across Utah this summer, a fair portion of the familiar names and biggest draws are women musicians and female-fronted bands.

And the range of musical styles and venues — from the cozy confines of Pioneer Park to the cavernous Vivint Smart Home Arena — show that music made by women knows no limits, whether in content or audience.

"We don't need the Lilith Fair anymore," said Gina Barberi, co-host of alt-rock station X96's "Radio From Hell" show.

Barberi referred to the late-'90s touring music festival, fronted by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, that gathered dozens of women musicians into one space. (The 1998 edition played at Park City's Wolf Mountain — now The Canyons.)

"It used to be that was the clearinghouse for female talent," Barberi said.

Now, Barberi said, women are as likely to fill seats as male-driven acts.

"You know who sells out arenas? Taylor Swift. She's one of the biggest acts in the world," Barberi said. "[Women] sell out Red Butte Garden, they sell out Vivint Arena. It doesn't matter anymore. Good is good."

It wasn't ever thus, noted Eugenie Hero Jaffe, host of community station KRCL-FM's "The Midday Show."

"Back in the day, on commercial radio stations, there was this thing where they would never put two female artists side by side," Jaffe said.

Now, "when I look at new music, it strikes me that there's a lot of young female artists coming out," said Jaffe, who plays a daily "Women Who Rock" segment on her show.

A couple of those younger artists — indie-rocker Jenny Lewis and synthpop musician Grimes — locked up slots at the Twilight Concert Series at Pioneer Park.

Then there are the so-called "heritage" acts, veteran performers who draw audiences of older listeners — the people who remember the old hits and can afford the higher ticket prices charged for arena and amphitheater shows.

"Back in the day, Heart was the only female [rock] band out there," Jaffe said. "They were the standard bearers" along with rockers like Pat Benatar and Blondie.

Heart will arrive in Utah on Aug. 29, sharing the Usana Amphitheatre bill with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick. Benatar and Blondie are playing at Red Butte Garden, on Aug. 17 and Sept. 7, respectively.

"There's a lot of 'heritage' acts, and I wonder if there's a lot of newer acts that look to [them]" as inspiration, Barberi said.

Other women or female-fronted "heritage" acts playing in Utah this summer include The B-52's, Bonnie Raitt, Salt-N-Pepa, Emmylou Harris, Jewel and Dixie Chicks.

Jaffe said she's also looking forward to the more offbeat acts at Red Butte, including the bluesy Tedeschi Trucks Band (on Aug. 8), the Southern-tinged indie-pop band Lake Street Dive (on Aug. 14), and case/lang/viers (July 8) — the indie-folk collaboration of Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs.

"Not only are their voices amazing, but their songwriting is just fantastic," Jaffe said of case/lang/veirs.

Jaffe cites her 8-year-old daughter's tastes in music as an indicator of the breadth of female-made music.

"My daughter loves Taylor Swift, but she also loves Joni Mitchell," Jaffe said. "It's the power of a great song and a great story. And there's someone speaking to her, speaking to a girl."

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