It's Women's History Month!!!
Presenting the music and stories of (just some of the) female artists who kicked ass in life and were pioneers in the industry.
This is episode 1 of a few this month, so tune in again to catch them all.

[please excuse the minor technical issues :) ]


xoxo
Li Po, Island, and guest DJ Margaret Scratcher

See See Rider by Ma Rainey
Booze and Blues by Ma Rainey
Downhearted Blues by Bessie Smith
Gulf Coast Blues by Bessie Smith
Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington
Move On Up a Little Higher part 1 by Mahalia Jackson
When the Saints Go Marching In - Live by Mahalia Jackson
Rock My by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happening Everyday by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton
Ball N' Chain by Big Mama Thornton
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Big Maybelle
96 Tears by Big Maybelle
I Can't Get Started by Billie Holiday with Lester Young
Strange Fruit - Live by Billie Holiday
When I get Low I Get High by Ella Fitzgerald & the Chick Webb Orchestra
How High The Moon - Live in Berlin 1960 by Ella Fitzgerald
Run Joe - Maya Angelou
I Want To Be Evil by Eartha Kitt
Ce'st Si Bon by Eartha Kitt
Uska Dara by Eartha Kitt
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown
See See Rider by LaVern Baker
Don't Wait Up by Laura Lee Perkins
Handsome Man by Barbara Pittman
Funnel of Love by Wanda Jackson
Skull & Crossbones by Sparkle Moore
Seven Day Fool by Etta James
Lay Back Daddy by Etta James
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes by Dinah Washington
Soulville by Dinah Washington
This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington