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Amina Figarova, Caroline Davis, Jane Ira Bloom, Jamie Davis, Jennifer Roberts, Noe Socha, UNLV Combos & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Jamie Davis, Amina Figarova, Caroline Davis, Jane Ira Bloom, Jennifer Roberts, Noe Socha and UNLV Combos, with birthday shoutouts to Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine, Julia Lee, Sippie Wallace, Jay Clayton, Andy Bey, Dori Langdon Previn, Allison Miller, Amanda Monaco, Emily Braden, Carmen Lundy, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's ...

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Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves, Michael Blake, Greg Adams, Margaret Slovak, Christian McBride & Ursa Major, Dida Pelled, Stew Cutler, Lauren Henderson & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves, Michael Blake, Greg Adams, Margaret Slovak, Christian McBride & Ursa Major, Dida Pelled, Stew Cutler, Lauren Henderson with birthday shoutouts to Fran Landesman (Spring Can Really Hang You Up), Dianne Reeves, Virginia MacDonald, Lakecia Benjamin, Jenna Mammina, Jane Bunnett, Jodi Proznick, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world ...

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Aymee Nuviola, Rob Dehlinger & The Alpha Rhythm Kings, Ally Fiola, Christine Tobin, Birthday Shoutouts To Anita O'Day, Laura Nyro & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Aymee Nuviola, Rob Dehlinger & The Alpha Rhythm Kings, Ally Fiola, Christine Tobin with birthday shoutouts to Nellie Lutcher (Hurry On Down), Victoria Spivey (Telephoning The Blues), Anita O'Day, Bobby Troup, Esperanza Spalding, Laura Nyro, Harry Allen, Amy London, Eve Sicular, Nancy Kelly and Freddy Cole, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world ...

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Stevie Wonder, Vanisha Gould, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Angela O'Neill, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould, with birthday shoutouts to Lee Wiley, Pam Fleming, Violeta Parra}, Roxana Ahmed, Emma Larsson, Amy Cervini and Honorable Men Thelonious Monk and Johnny O'Neal, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Plac is in ...

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Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. ...

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Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Emmaline, Joan Watson-Jones, Doug Webb, Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, with birthday shoutouts to Rosetta Reitz (founder of Rosetta Records), Marlena Shaw, Julie London (100!), Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the ...

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Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright, Amy Winehouse & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright plus a single from Amy Winehouse, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler, Amy Winehouse, Wesla Whitfield, Catherine Russell, Helen Sung, Leigh Pilzer, Kait Dunton and Honorable Men, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Short, Giacomo Gates, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue ...

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Mike Jones, George Benson, Dawn Lambeth, Ayumi Tanaka, Brittany Pitt, Matthew Wilson's Good Trouble & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Mike Jones, George Benson, Dawn Lambeth, Ayumi Tanaka, Brittany Pitt, Matthew Wilson's Good Trouble, with birthday shoutouts to Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes, Drinkin' Again) Champian Fulton, Marcus Goldhaber, Christie Dashiell, Lorraine Feather, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

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Dolly Parton By Jazz Artists, New Music By Steve Rawlins, Candice Hoyes, Jonathan Karrant, Emma Dayhuff, Nicole McCabe & Savannah Harris

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast features Dolly Parton songs covered by jazz artists, along with new music from Steve Rawlins, Candice Hoyes, Jonathan Karrant, Emma Dayhuff, Nicole McCabe & Savannah Harris, plus birthday shoutouts to Teri Thornton, Kristina Koller, Claire Martin, Valerie Simpson, Akiko Tsuruga, Sinne Eeg, Sherrie Maricle, Lois Deloatch, Gabrielle Stravelli, Julia Dollison and Tomoko Omura, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and ...

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Ruthie Foster, Gretchen Parlato, Alden Hellmuth, Brothers/Nevala/Aucoin, Enoch Smith Jr., Brittany Anjou & More

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by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Ruthie Foster, Gretchen Parlato, Alden Hellmuth, Michael Brothers / Andy Nevala/Tim Aucoin, Enoch Smith, Jr. plus a single from Bi Tyrant & Brittany Anjou, with birthday shoutouts to Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane, Vicki Burns, Mimi Fox, Imani Rouselle, Linda May Han Oh, Patricia Brennan, Honorable Men Mark Winkler, Michael Dease among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke ...

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