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 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.
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Poetry by Cecily Parks; music by Patti Griffin, Socks in the Frying Pan, Ralph Stanley, Valerie June, John Coltrane, and more.
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Poetry read by Naomi Shihab Nye; music by Oscar Peterson, Bad Bunny, Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Heinrich Schütz, and more.
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Poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye; music by Lomelda; Madeleine Peyroux; The Young Disciples; Fleetwood Mac; John Cale and Charli XCX; Aldous Harding; and more.
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Haiku by Alexis Rottela; music by Ben Harper, Ornette Coleman, Tara Clerkin Trio, Tim Atlas, Paul Robeson, Tori Amos, The Beta Band, Joe Henry, and more.
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Poetry by Hafez; music by Debussy; The Byrds; Citizen Cope; Miles Davis; Johnny Cash; Dionne Warwick; Cat Power; and more.