WOMEN on WOWD

MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, and many WOWD programs join in the celebration of women's achievements and gender equality by spotlighting a wide variety of women's music.

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9 People’s Favorite Thing – July features modern Broadway musicals written or composed by women (3/12). 

Afrobeat Orbit -- Eme highlights talented women instrumentalists performing music from Africa and the diaspora (3/15)

Ballads in the Morning - Clay presents women from American and international folk traditions (3/3)

Bayou Boogie -- Michael Hart plays Louisiana Ladies (3/21)

Blues Hall of Fame – Big Boy Little and Steve highlight blues women from various eras (3/21)

Borderlines – Lady Myrrh plays all women (3/1, 3/15)

Check in Time - “Here Come the Girls” with Marika (3/14)

Circles -  Brian Horrorwitz plays electronica, trip-hop, and other mid-90s-early 00's tracks with female vocals (3/20) 

Derangement of the Senses - Clay Fink presents women in jazz from the late 1930s to early 1960s (3/12)

Divino Maravilhoso -  DJ Dempsey features women artists from the Memphis-based Stax label and salutes the sister and brother who founded that label (3/4) 

Hi-Fi Diner - Lis does an all "girl-group" show with artists like Ex Hex, Sahara Hotnights, and the Coathangers (3/6); and pays tribute to women of hip hop (3/13).

Lost Treasures - DJ Bookish features the underappreciated singer-songwriter-guitarist Barbara Manning (3/25)

Music Matinee - DJ Total plays songs from films directed by women (3/2)

Musical Remedies – the Night nurse celebrates Riot Grrrls with feminist punk and grunge bands (3/2); and dispenses a sonic tonic of female artists to close out Women's History Month (3/30) 

Melody Divas – Helen features women’s voices from around the world (3/5) 

Ride with Clyde - WOWD's DJ Driver plays female singer-songwriters from Oregon (3/20)

Rise Up - Olivia celebrates women musicians who make children’s music for kids and kids at heart (3/18)

Rock & Roll Rabbit Hole - On the eve of International Women's Day, it's "all about Eve" -- Walter features female voices from around the world (3/7)

Roots Rock Reggae - Becky spins the Women of Reggae (3/25)

Rudie Patootie – DJ Rae spotlights the women and femmes of Ska.

Soul Sonic - DJ Alpha Betts, DJ Mezkla, and N-Dub the Maestro celebrate International Women’s Day (3/8)

Sound of Soul - D'Nicole features the women of soul (3/5)

This! Music - Bobby Hill plays cellist Diedre Murray and other other female avant-garde string players  (3/11); Bobby honors Women’s History Month with music from drummer Susie Ibarra (3/18); and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and pianist Angelica Sanchez (3/25).

Tuesday Morning Mix - Steve salutes the Musical Women of Texas (3/28)

Vientos de Sudamerica - Luis Ayala salutes South American female singes (3/10)