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Anais Reno, Kristen R. Bromley, Masha Campagne, Brandee Younger, Sabeth Perez, Svetlana & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Anais Reno, Kristen R. Bromley, Masha Campagne, Brandee Younger, Sabeth Perez and Svetlana, with birthday shoutouts to Beryl Booker, Valaida Snow, Memphis Minnie, Lili Añel, Monnette Sudler, Angela DeNiro, Bobby Sanabria, Ian Shaw and Erica Lindsay, 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 ...
Continue ReadingHigh Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm - Celebrating Foremother Valaida Snow Plus New Releases From Tuba Skinny, Esthesis Quartet & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from Tuba Skinny, Esthesis Quartet (featuring Elsa Nilsson, Tina Raymond, Dawn Clement and Emma Dayhuff , Randy Napoleon and As Is with birthday shoutouts to trumpeter Valaida Snow, guitarist Memphis Minnie, saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, vocalists Dakota Staton, Ann Hampton Callaway, Ian Shaw, and Amanda Eckery, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and ...
Continue ReadingCelebrating Jazz Geminis Valaida Snow and Memphis Minnie Among Others
by Mary Foster Conklin
The first hour celebrates the birthdays of Valaida Snow, known as “Little Louis" and “Queen of the Trumpet," a nickname given to her by W.C. Handy — a virtuoso jazz entertainer who became an internationally celebrated talent. Also in the spotlight is Memphis Minnie, a blues guitarist, and songwriter married to Joe McCoy and later Ernest Lawlars, whose recording career lasted for over three decades . Other birthday shoutouts include vocalists Dakota Staton and Ian Shaw, saxophonist Jordan Pettay, pianist ...
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