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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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.
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Music by Gabriel Fauré; Brittany Howard; Neil Young and Crazy Horse; Ketama; Big Thief; Edmond Dédé; and more.
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Poetry by Jean Valentine; music by Robin Trower; Terry Riley; Rebecca Barclay; Terri Lyne Carrington; and more.
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Music by Aaron Copland, My Morning Jacket, Chet Baker, The Jayhawks, Neil Young, Rachael Dadd, Jesse Colin Young, and more; poetry by Ada Limón.
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Music by Los Lobos; Leon Fleisher playing Ravel; new Boister; Art Farmer and Benny Golson; Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams; Bruce Cockburn; and more. Poetry by Barbara Jean Reyes.
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Music by Anouar Brahem; esperanza spalding and milton nasciemento; Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham; Kevin Morby and Cate Le Bon; Igor Stravinsky; and more.