Woman Wattage
Host Anne Watts draws inspiration from listeners worldwide, dropping the needle on music that marks the sonic brilliance of humanity, from Sun Ra to Adrienne Lenker, from Alice Coltrane and Cate Le Bon to Igor Stravinsky, Neil Young, and esperanza spalding.
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Poetry by Fanni Howe; music by Hooray for the Riff Raff, Nala Sinephro, JS Bach, Wilco, Robert Glasper Experiment, John Lennon, and more.
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Poetry by Fanny Howe; music by Argent, Nilüfer Yanya, Flock of Dimes, Nour Harkati, The Byrds, The Beatles, Corelli, and more.
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Poetry by James Baldwin; music by Japanese Breakfast, Richard Strauss, Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, Jimmy Buffett, Janis Ian, Ezra Collective, and more.
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Poetry by Philip Schultz; music by Bach, Vivaldi/Richter, Carl Orff, Bikini Kill, PJ Harvey, Carly Simon, Nat "King" Cole, and more.
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Music by Mabel Mercer; Primus; Anne Watts; David Lang; Meredith Monk; Buffy Sainte Marie; Spellling; and more.
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Music by Sly and the Family Stone; Brian Wilson; David Bowie; Cate LeBon; and more. Poetry by Walt Whitman, read by Andrew Grimm of June Star.
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Poetry by Jack Gilbert; music by Lucretia Dalt and David Sylvian; Boister; Audra McDonald; Robin Nolan; Guy Klucevsek; and more.
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Poetry by Louise Steinman; music by Joni Mitchell, Franz Schubert, Dimitri Shostakovich, Stereolab, Tom Waits, and more.
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Poetry by Jack Gilbert; music by Al Green, Audra McDonald, Nat King Cole, Rafiq Bhatia and Cécile McLorin Salvant, Billie Holiday, Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan, and more.
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Poetry by Marie Howe; music by REM, Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek, Sara Serpa, Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids, the Violent Femmes, and more.