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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AFROBEAT ORBIT - Women singers who blend African music with jazz and blues (3/6)
AFROPOP WORLDWIDE - Afropop Women of Note (3/4, 3/6), Cheikha Rimitti, Rebel Queen (3/13, 3/15)
BALLADS IN THE MORNING - Clay Fink plays women singers in various folk traditions (3/1)
BLUES HALL OF FAME - Big Boy Little plays women's blues from Bessie to Aretha (3/5)
BORDERLINES - Lady Myrrh features women artists across genres (3/6, 3/20)
CHECK-IN TIME - Here Come the Girls! with Marika (3/5)
CIRCLES - Steve Lorber and Eddie Dean plays some of their favorite female vocalists (3/4)
DERANGEMENT OF THE SENSES - Clay features jazz women from the late 30s to early 60s (3/10)
EPIC CITY - Hosted by Carolivia Herron. Poet Alyson Gold Weinberg (3/5); Female Re-Enactors of Distinction (3/12); classicist Judith Peller Hallett (3/19); the story of Mary Ann Lumpken (Carolivia's great great grandmother) (3/26).
HI FI DINER - Lis features DC Women in Music (3/25)
HOT SAUCE LOUNGE - Femme-fronted punk bands, presented by DJ Special Sauce (3/7)
INDIE PENCHANT - Sara P plays music by artists who identify as feminine or female (3/7, 3/21)
LOST TREASURES- DJ Bookish plays forgotten and lesser-known women artists (3/2); and plays women on guitar on 45's (3/23); DJ Mackie welcomes special guest Susan Dietrich “The Space Lady” (3/16);
MELODY DIVAS - Music by women, for everybody; hosted by Helen and Violetta (3/3, 3/17, 3/31)
MUSIC MATINEE - DJ Total plays music from films directed by women (3/28)
MUSICAL REMEDIES - The Night Nurse dispenses music by femme and non-binary artists (3/28)
MUSICAL TRADITIONS ENCOUNTER - Dave Eisner plays music from women of the DMV (3/31)
NINE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE THING - Judy plays selections from modern musicals written and/or composed by women.and nonbinary people (3/10)
RIDE WITH CLYDE -- The DJ Driver plays Dylan songs interpreted by female artists (3/4); and features female singer-songwriters Bonnie, Brandi, Carly, and Carole (3/11); Emmylou, Lucinda, Linda, and Amy (3/18); and Texans Kimmie, Carrie, and Terri (3/25)
RISE UP - Olivia celebrates women musicians who make children’s music for kids and kids at heart (3/16)
ROADSIDE ATTRACTION - Becky does an all women's edition, with country and blues and other roots American music sung by women (3/9); Eddie Dean pays tribute to pioneering women instrumentalists of country and bluegrass (3/16).
ROCK & ROLL RABBIT HOLE - Scott & Walter play "Wonder Women": the women who rule their musical worlds (3/12)
ROCKS ROCK REGGAE - Soul Rebel and Ebony play Reggae for the Woman in You (3/2)
RUDIE PATOOTIE - Women and femmes of Ska, with DJ Rae (3/7)
SOUND OF SOUL -- D'Nicole plays soul and R&B songs composed by women (3/3)
SUNDAY MIDDAY -- Brad & Marc feature women drummers and women rappers from across genres (3/17)
TAKOMA CABARET - Maureen and Peter host a tribute to the Broadway women whose performances bring strength, passion and hope to the musical theatre stage (3/17)
THIS! MUSIC - Bill Simmons and Clay Fink play free jazz by women (3/2, 3/29); as does Clay on 3/23
TUESDAY MORNING MIX - Steve's mix includes women of rock, soul, folk, country, blues, jazz, reggae, and Broadway (3/19)
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? - Brandon Wetherbee plays music by female artists from the years 1974,1984,1994, and 2004 (3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28)
