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 W.S. Merwin; music by Terry Jenoure, Evangeline Young, Glen Hansard, Moses Sumney, Bonnie Prince Billy, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, and more.
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Poetry by W.H. Auden; music by Albert Ayler, Alabaster DePlume, Amy Beach, Steely Dan, David Bowie, YoYo Ma, and more.
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Poetry by Emily Jungmin Yoon; music by Franz Josef Haydn, Stevie Wonder, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, The Last Dinner Party, Bonni Lloyd, Jeff Buckley, and more.
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Poetry by Nikki Giovanni; music by Dawn Upshaw, Claude Debussy, Kevin Morby, Geoffrey Oryema, The Golden Palominos with Michael Stipe, Ralph Towner, and more.
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Poetry by Billy Collins; music by Geese, Swearin', Arthur Blythe, Sarah Vaughn, Loudon Wainwright III, Michael Harrison, and more.
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Poetry by Frank O'Hara; music by Silkroad Ensemble, Rhiannon Giddens, Cat Stevens, Cecile McLorant-Salvant, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Radiohead, Teddy Swims, and more.
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Poetry by Emma Lazarus; music by Son Volt; Rhiannon Giddens; Woody Guthrie; Aaron Copland; The String Queens; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Ella Fitzgerald; X; and more.
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Music by Willie Nelson &Calexico; Iris Dement; Buckwheat Zydeco; Rameau; The Brothers and Sisters; Rudresh Mahanthappa; The Swanee Quintet; and more. Haiku by Bashō.
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Music by Leon Thomas, Bruce Springsteen, Sade, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Boister, Bob Dylan, and more. Poetry by Suzanne Rancourt.
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Poetry by Lucille Clifton; music by Janelle Monae; Sun Ra; Mary Lou Williams; Esperanza Spalding; Gabriel Fauré; Kali Uchis; Ketama; and more.