This morning it's all music sang and/or played by women, in advance of this year's International Women's Day, which falls on Tuesday March 8.
Journey in Satchidananda (instrumental) ALICE COLTRANE - Journey in Satchidananda - 1971, Impulse |
Medley: Time of the Preacher/Blue ROck Montana/Redheaded Stranger (willie Nelson covers) CARLA BOZULICH - Red Headed Stranger - 2002, DiCristina |
1 2 3 4 MIREL WAGNER - When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day - 2014, Sub Pop |
Just Holding On KARIN KROG and John Surman - Freestyle - 1986, Odin |
Let Up ABBEY LINCOLN - Abbey is Blue - 1959, Riverside |
She Ain't a Child No More SHARON JONES and the DAP KINGS - I Learned the Hard Way - 2010, Daptone |
Show Me Where It's At MORINE and the ZERCONS - 7-inch A-side - 196?, Bo-Kay |
Rock Steady ARETHA FRANKLIN - Young, GIfted and Black - 1972, Atlantic |
Didn't It Rain EVELYN FREEMAN - 7-inch A-side - 1962, United Artists |
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Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover) JANE WEAVER - V.A.: Harvest Revisited (w MOJO magazine February 2011) - 2011, MOJO |
Look Here Partner JO ANN KELLY - Jo Ann Kelly - 1969, Epic |
Good Old Easy Street the YAS YAS GIRL (Merline Johnson) - V.A.: the Story of the Blues - 1970, Columbia, original 78rpm 1941, Okeh |
Pratt City Blues BERTHA "CHIPPIE" HILL - V.A.: the Story of the Blues - 1970, Columbia, original 78rpm 1926, Okeh |
Good TIme Flat Blues MAGGIE JONES - V.A.: the Story of the Blues - 1970, Columbia, original 78rpm 1924, Columbia |
Eat the Root ISIS - Ain't No Backin'Up Now - 1975, Buddah |
I Get High On You ROSE BANKS - Rose - 1976, Motown |
the Moving FInger (instrumental) DOROTHY ASHBY - the Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby - 1970, Cadet |
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Jsper Country Man (instrumental) BOBBI HUMPHREY - Blacks and Blues - 1974, Blue Note |
Going Back Home SHE WOLF (Jessie Mae Hemphill) - V.A.: Swamp Surfing in Memphis - 1986, Frenzi |
Bron y Aur (instrumental) LAURA MARLING - V.A.: Physical Graffiti Redrawn (w MOJO magazine April 2015) - 2015, MOJO |
Get Off the Road the HELLCATS - V.A.: Swamp Surfing in Memphis - 1986, Frenzi |
I'm a Woman FONTELLA BASS - the "New" Look - 1966, Cadet |
Going Blues VICTORIA SPIVEY - Alberta Hunter/Lucille Hegamin/Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother - 1961, Prestige Bluesville |
the Boho Dance JONI MITCHELL - the Hissing of Summer Lawns - 1975, Asylum |
Has Anybody Seen My Corine LUCILLE HEGAMIN - Alberta Hunter/Lucille Hegamin/Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother - 1961, Prestige Bluesville |
Chirpin' the Blues ALBERTA HUNTER - Alberta Hunter/Lucille Hegamin/Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother - 1961, Prestige Bluesville |
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Alabama (Neil Young cover) SMOKE FAIRIES - V.A.: Harvest Revisited (w MOJO magazine February 2011) - 2011, MOJO |
Well, You Left RILO KILEY - rkives - 2013, little record company |
My, My, My ELYSE WEINBERG - Greasepaint Smile - 2015, Numerophon, recorded but never released in 1969 |
Havana CONDITION - Red, Hot and Blue - 1986, AMOK |
the Lonesome Dath of Hattie Carroll (Bob Dylan) PHRANC - Folksinger - 1985, Rhino |
Suitable Drama JO BARTLETT - 9 X 7 - 2014, Strike Back |
Battle Hymn of the Republic TAMMY WYNETTE - Inspiration - 1969, Epic |
the Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight LORETTA LYNN - Don't Come Home from a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) - 1967, Decca |
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Baltimore HOUNDSTOOTH - Ride Out the Dark - 2013, No Quarter |
I'llBe Damned LYDIA LUNCH & CYPRESS GROVE - a Fistful of Desert Blues - 2015, Rustblade |
Walk Behind Your House TESS PARKS - Blood Hot - 2013, 359 Music |
Two Versions of Tomorrow ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER - New View - 2016, Frenchkiss |
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Percy's Song (Bob Dylan cover) FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Unhalfbricking - 1969, Island |
Opening the field to early risers... or latecomers... have your say
7:04 AM, March 5th, 2016