Women In Music with Laney Goodman
Black History Month Special – Women In Music for January 31, 2012
Celebrate Black History Month with this week’s Women In Music with Laney Goodman, as we honor the lives of the late Coretta Scott King and Rosa Parks
Corretta Scott King
with the poetry of Dr. Maya Angelou
Dr. Maya Angelou
and the music of Pantera Saint-Montaigne
Pantera Saint-Montaigne
Tracy Chapman … we’ll also hear the multi-cultural experience of the African Diaspora with Les Nubians,
Les Nubians
and the griots (or storytellers) of Mali.
So, tune in this coming week for a Black History Month Special as we honor the lives and music of women of color around the world on Women In Music with Laney Goodman.
Filed Under Women In MusicWomen In Music for January 24, 2012
On this coming week’s show we’ll hear a retrospective look at some of the most influential singer/songwriters and composers who changed how the world looks at female musicians and the music they produce. We’ll hear Joan Armatrading, Kate Bush, Sinead O’Connor, Karen Matheson, Lisbeth Scott, and Irish Duo Secret Garden.
That’s all coming up on the next Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In MusicWomen In Music for January 17, 2012
On this coming week’s show we’ll hear singer/songwriter Heather Styka and a classic from Shawn Colvin, recoded live at St. David’s in Austin, Texas… the Gospel/Blues of Brigitte de Meyer from her latest “Rose of Jericho” and Patty Griffin’s “Downtown Church”. We’ll also hear alternative indie singer/songwriters out of the LA scene, The Chapin Sisters, and a classic from the NYC trio called Ivy, featuring Dominique Durand. Then we’ll finish up the hour with the progressive sounds of Suzanne Vega and the one and only Sarah McLaughlin from her 1997 album, “Surfacing.”
That’s all coming up on the next Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In MusicWomen In Music for January 10, 2012
On this coming week’s show we’ll hear emerging singer/songwriter from New Orleans Kelsey Mae, new music from Boston-based New Grass bands Crooked Still and Joy Kills Sorrow… progressive pop with the latest out of Prague with a band called Ocean Versus Daughter, and back here in the States out of Georgetown, TX, new music from the duo Anna Bella. Then we’ll finish up the hour with electronic beats from Le Tigre’s J.D. Sampson and a classic from 2003 from Venus Hum.
That’s all coming up on the next Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In Music, music, singer-songwriter, womenWomen In Music for January 3, 2012
On this coming week’s show we’ll hear new music from Scandinavian singer/songwriter Kajsa Vala, we’ll celebrate 25 years with music from Patty Larkin, we’ll hear Americana/roots from the Mary Chapin Carpenter and southern roots/rocker Jill King… alternative folk with new music from New England singer/songwriter Chris Pureka… and the progressive sounds of Swati from New York City. Then we’ll finish up the show with world rhythms with the latest from Angelique Kidjo from Benin, Africa, and out of Madagascar, Razia Sayed with Zibu Nation.
That’s all coming up on the next Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In MusicIn the Heart of Winter – A Special Women In Music for December 27, 2011
Join us this coming week on Women in Music with Laney Goodman, for a very special show called “The Heart of Winter,” featuring music to warm your heart during the long nights… with the vocals of Mary Jane Lamond from Nova Scotia… Ariane Lydon from the North Country of Wisconsin… and Kate Rusby from the United Kingdom… instrumental music from the lands of ice and snow with hardanger fiddler Annbjorg Lien from Norway… the hammered dulcimer of Maggie Sansone… and the storytelling of Ojibwe elder, Maryellen Baker. That’s all coming up on Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In MusicChristmas Special for December 20, 2011
Put a little extra in your listening stocking this coming week with our very special Women In Music with Laney Goodman, featuring beautiful carols and yuletide songs, with the music of Rani Arbo, Gypsy Soul, Louise Taylor, Natalie Cole, Nancy Wilson, Billie Holiday, The Navajo Chorale with R.Carlos Nakai, North Star Artists, and much more!
Hear and feel the magic and spirit of the holidays on this special show.
Happy Holidays!
Filed Under Women In MusicWinter Solstice Special : Women In Music for December 13, 2012
Join us on the next Women In Music with Laney Goodman for our “Winter Solstice Special” — beautiful, healing music about the longest night of the year… featuring the music of Annbjorg Lien, Erica Wheeler, Gayla Drake Paul, Lisbeth Scott, Aine Minogue, Ahn Trio, Kathy Lowe, and Loreena McKennitt.
All your listeners will hear and feel the magic and spirit of the holidays on this special show.
Happy Holidays!
Filed Under Women In MusicSeason of Lights Special – Women In Music for December 6, 2011
Coming up this week on Women In Music, The Season of Lights, a holiday special celebrating Hannukah, the turning of the wheel of life with the Cherokee Medicine Wheel, and Winter Solstice, Christmas and Kwanzaa. This week’s show will feature the music of Elaine Silver
Elaine Silver
Walela
Walela
Gretchen Peters
Gretchen Peters
Winter Bloom, Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt
and Sweet Honey In the Rock
Sweet Honey In the Rock
That’s all coming up on the next Women In Music.
Filed Under Women In MusicWomen In Music for November 29, 2011
Join us this week on Women In Music as we’ll hear Boston area singer/songwriter Edie Carey and from Vancouver, British Columbia, Norine Braun… alternative Americana with claw hammer banjo player Abigail Washburn and fiddle Carrie Rodriguez out of Austin, TX…progressive folk from Natalia Zuckerman with her latest release Gas Station Roses, and Connecticut singer/songwriter Emily Asen… then we’ll finish up the hour with the poptronica of Emily Zuzik from Brooklyn, NY, and a duo out of the UK called Everything But the Girl.
That’s all coming upon the next Women In Music.
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