Both Sides Now: Women in American Music
This week we focus on some of the great women in music. The 82-year old jazz diva Anita O’Day talks about her rebound from years of drug abuse, and rockabilly shouter Wanda Jackson recounts her 50 years in the male-dominated music business. We’ll also pay a visit to soul queen Betty Wright, and listen to many other female voices that have helped shape the American musical soundscape.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Play It Momma Mary Lou Williams
Zoning, Smithsonian Folkways
I'm A Woman Peggy Lee
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Nina Simone
The Very Best: Sugar In My Bowl, RCA
Kitchen Man Bessie Smith
The Essential, Sony
Me And My Chauffeur Blues Memphis Minnie
R.E.S.P .E.C.T.: A Century Of Women In Music, Rhino
Pretty Polly Coon Creek Girls
R.E.S.P .E.C.T.: A Century Of Women In Music, Rhino
Pretty Polly Kristin Hersh
Murder, Misery & Goodnight, 4AD
Spark Catcher The Sadies
Pure Diamond Gold, Bloodshot
INTERVIEW: Wanda Jackson
Reconsider Me Maggie Lewis w/Grace Tennessee & Her Guitar
Lonesome Bluebird, Ace
Stand By Your Man Lyle Lovett
And His Large Band, MCA
Instrumental: Froggy Bottom The Mary Lou Williams Trio
Roll ‘Em, Solo Art
Boogie Misterioso Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars
Mary Lou Williams 1945-1947, Classics
Do Right Woman – Do Right Man Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings, Rhino
INTERVIEW: Betty Wright
Soul Shoutin' Shirley Scott w/husband Stanley Turrentine
Soul Shoutin', Fantasy
I Ain't Gonna Let You In Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie
Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie, Specialty
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Digging Dyke The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Forty Years of Women In Jazz, Jass
Man Smart, Woman Smarter Gerald Clark & his Original Calypsos feat. Macbeth the Great
Don't Stop the Carnival, Flapper
How Strong is a Woman Ann Peebles
St. Louis Woman/ Memphis Soul, Hi
Sweet Georgia Brown International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Forty Years Of Women In Jazz, Jass
That's All Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Great Gospel Women Vol.2, Shanachie
It's a Mean Old Man's World Dinah Washington
Back to the Blues, Roulette
9:20 Special Zoot Sims Quartet
That Old Feeling, Chess
INTERVIEW: Anita O'Day
La Adivinanza Celia Cruz
Son Con Guaguanco, Demon Music
Sin Querer Lydia Mendoza w/ Conjunto Narciso Martinez
First Queen of Tejano Music, Arhoolie
Easy Come, Easy Go Rosie Ledet
Sweet Brown Sugar, Maison de Soul
O Ma Cherie ‘Tite Fille Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
Evangeline Made, Vanguard
Instrumental: Beaumont Rag Alison Krauss and Union Station
Two Highways, Rounder
Lulu Walls (that aggravating beauty) Carter Family
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family
Mama's Opry Iris Dement
Infamous Angel, Rounder
One's on the Way Loretta Lynn
The Milennium Collection, MCA
Cold Cold Heart Norah Jones
Come Away With Me, Blue Note
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio Joni Mitchell
Hits, Geffen
End Bed: Respect The Ventures
1,000,000 Weekend, One-Way