Women & Politics with Princess Blanding

Princess Blanding, candidate for Virginia Governor under the Liberation party joins host Sheri Shannon to talk about establishing a new party, rank choice voting, the marginalization of Black Women in elected offices, and her plans to govern Virginia.  You can follow her campaign at http://www.princessblanding.com  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Follow our host and producer at @sherishannon27 and @carololson Follow our show on our social media on twitter, facebook, and our blog – look for  womenpoliticsva Continue reading Women & Politics with Princess Blanding

Monday Breakfast Blend: Feminist Lit Series – Sweat and Sweetness

Songs in reaction to short stories: Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston and Sweetness by Toni Morrison 6:01:33 AM 4:00 Huelgas Ensemble Agnus Dei (Folio 21 recto) Tropus: Exultet hec concio Codex Las Huelgas: Music from 13th Century Spain 1993 Sony Classical Classical 6:05:33 AM 3:27 Huelgas Ensemble Homo miserabilis (Motet) (Folio 127 verso – 128 recto) Codex Las Huelgas: Music from 13th Century Spain 1993 Sony Classical Classical 6:09:00 AM 2:46 Billie Holiday No More Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits 1995 GRP Jazz 6:11:46 AM 3:11 Dolly Parton Eagle When She Flies Dolly 2009 RLG/Legacy Country 6:14:57 AM 3:18 Gloria Gaynor … Continue reading Monday Breakfast Blend: Feminist Lit Series – Sweat and Sweetness

Medieval to Metal – A playlist from poems

Playlist: Black Pilot Beats, “Booty (Insrumental)”from Hip Hop Beats, Vol. 1unknown Lydia Ainsworth, “Can You Find Her Place”from Phantom Forest – String Remixes – EPZombie Cat Records – 2020 Ikonika, “Your Body”from Bodies – EPDon’t Be Afraid – 2020 Andra Day, “Rise Up”from Cheers to the FallWarner Records/Buskin – 2015 India.Arie, “Beautiful”from Acoustic SoulMotown – 2001 Mika, “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”from Life In Cartoon MotionUniversal-Island Records Ltd. – 2006 Lucille Clifton, “Homage to Hips”from youtube videounknown Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, “Too Much Butt”from Havin’ the Last WordAlligator Records – 2009 Jennifer Lopez, “Booty (feat. Iggy Azalea)”from Booty (feat. Iggy Azalea) – SingleNuyorican Productions, Inc. – 2014 Beyoncé, “***Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche)”from BEYONCÉColumbia – 2013 BABYMETAL, “Elevator Girl”from Elevator Girl – SingleCooking Vinyl Limited – 2019 Epica, “Never Enough (Live in Miskolc)”from The Classical Conspiracy (Live in Miskolc)Nuclear Blast – 2009 … Continue reading Medieval to Metal – A playlist from poems

Curved Air – Women Composers

I’m guest hosting Curbed Air and focusing on Women Composers Show Archive Play show / Add show to playlist Playlist: Sequentia, “O Vis Aeternitatis”from Hildegard von Bingen – Canticles Of Ecstasydeutsche harmonia mundi – 1994 Sequentia, “Nunc Aperuit Nobis”from Hildegard Von Bingen – Canticles of Ecstasydeutsche harmonia mundi – 1994 Huelgas Ensemble, “La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina: Scena I. Sinfonia – Cosi perfida Alcina. – Scena II. Qui si può dire”from Francesca Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Live)Sony Music Classical Local – 2018 Stéphanie d’Oustrac, “Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. 5: O Maria”from Ferveur et extaseAmbronay Éditions – 2011 Carlos Jaime, “Sonata duodecima”from EL CONCIERTO YLUSTRADOunknown OMEGA ENSEMBLE, “Louise Farrenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op.40- 1st Movement”from youtubeunknown … Continue reading Curved Air – Women Composers

Monday Breakfast Blend – A Playlist Inspired by Kindred.

With my Octavia Butler and Kindred inspired show, I’ll be playing a mix of 70’s Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Dorothy Moore, The Sylvers , Hot Chocolate, The Commodores, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Tavares, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes juxtaposed against Slave Shout Songs from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings collection. Follow on twitter @radiogirlrva Continue reading Monday Breakfast Blend – A Playlist Inspired by Kindred.