THE LABEL “DIFFICULT” GETS OVER-used for women, but in Courtney Love’s case, you can say she earned it. At 59, she’s lived every cliché of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, and racked up a list of beefs that makes your average rapper look like a Quaker. In her own words: “I always wanted to be known as a bitch.”
That makes her perhaps a surprising choice to front a flagship radio series celebrating female musicians (, on BBC Sounds). But don’t worry: she quickly brought interview in which she shellacked probably the four biggest female musicians in the world.
