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 Rainer Maria Rilke; music by Blood Orange, Nils Lofgren, Willie Nelson and The Secret Sisters, Dave Holland Quartet, The Staple Singers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, John Martyn, Kevin Morby; and more.
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Poetry by Eleanor Lewis; music by The Grateful Dead, J.S. Bach, REM, Angelo De Augustine, Kate Bush, June Carter Cash, Boister, and more.
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Poetry by Denise Levertov; music by Hermato Pascoal, Erik Satie, Big Thief, The Alabama Shakes, and more.
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Poetry by Derek Walcott; music by Eric Dolphy and Ken McIntyre, Supertramp, Lucretia Dalt, Anna Domino, Stevie Wonder, June Star, and more.
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Music by Pavement; Robert Schumann; Flock of Dimes; Blood Orange; Bonnie Raitt; Charles Lloyd; and more. Poetry by Robin Coste Lewis.
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Music by Leadbelly; Bob Dylan and the Band; Khalid; Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples; Rose Royce; Neil Young; and more. Poetry by Emily Dickinson and Rhina Espaillat.
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Music by Lesley Gore; Arrested Development; Dijon: SOHN; Marissa Nadler; Cass McCombs; and more. Poetry by Stanley Kunitz.
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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.