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 Billy Collins; music by Geese, Swearin', Arthur Blythe, Sarah Vaughn, Igor Stravinsky, Anitta and Liniker, John Prine, Geoffrey Oryema, 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.
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Poetry by Allen Ginsberg; music by Leona Anderson, Saya Grey, Mon Rovîa, Friendship, Howard Markman, Paul Robeson, Ella Fitzgerald, and more.
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Poetry by ee cummings; music by David Byrne, Sonny Rollins, Lucius, Marta and Gyorgy Kurtag, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Meshell Ndegeocello, and more.
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Poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by John Prine, Freda Payne, Drive-By Truckers, Jimi Hendrix, Muse, New Order, Ornette Coleman, The Chicks, and more.
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Poetry by Jennifer Keith; music by Radiohead, Ann Kearns, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, Linda Marling, The Grateful Dead, Mystic Journey and Suzanne Teng, and more.