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 Kwame Dawes; music by Bob Marley and the Wailers; Jerry Garcia; Whitney Houston; Lana Del Ray; Fade Evare; Los Lobos; and more.
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Music by Mendelssohn, Nick Cave, Arthur Blythe, King Sunny Adé, US Girls, Mavis Staples, and more. Poetry by Miguel Murphy.
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Poetry by Philip Levine; music by Aretha Franklin, Stephen Sondheim, Dirty Projectors, Caroline Shaw, Stravinsky, Barbra Streisand and Bob Dylan, Kara Jackson, and more.
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Hosted by Luci Thomas, featuring music by MJ Lenderman, Briston Maroney, Peach Pit, Slow Pulp, Japanese Breakfast, Wednesday, and more. Poetry by Andrea Gibson.
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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.