Helen's Year in Review 2009

I know it seems a bit early to do a Year in Review show, but I will have a show about Globalquerque in early December, so I'm taking advantage of the timing to share some of my favorites from my Itunes in 2009!

• Sophie's Theme 3:11 Pam Parker Imagine
• Confeddie 4:27 Hailey Niswanger Confeddie
• Free As a Child 3:29 Carmen Lundy Solamente
• I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (feat. Carmen Bradford) 3:02 Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz Orchestra Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra (feat. Carmen Bradford) [Live]
• A Change Is Gonna Come 5:20 Anat Cohen Notes from the Village
• Facil 5:00 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• Ponta de Areia 5:39 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza
• Our Love Rolls On 3:06 Kate Davis Introducing Kate Davis
• Afro Blue 5:11 Dee Dee Bridgewater Red Earth - A Malian Journey
• Suitcase Song 3:40 Janis Siegel A Thousand Beautiful Things
• Favorite Shirt 3:11 Natalia Zukerman Brand New Frame
• Angel from Montgomery 3:59 Bonnie Raitt Streetlights
• Leave Your Hat On 3:02 Suede Dangerous Mood
• Have a Little Faith In Me 3:59 Patty Larkin Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
• Word's Out 3:11 Sweet Baby J'ai Introducing J'ai Michel
• Baby, I'm Coming Home 3:53 Clare Teal Paradisi Carousel
• I've Still Got My Health 1:31 Bette Midler Jackpot - The Best Bette
• Ode To A Gym Teacher 4:09 Christian, Meg The Best Of Meg Christian
• Icnocuicatl (Mexico) 3:16 Lila Downs Women Of Latin America
• Bahia 3:34 Angélique Kidjo Women of Africa
• Jostojoo 5:09 Mamak Khadem Jostojoo Forever Seeking
• Bridget 1:48 Susan McKeown Saints & Tzadiks
• Nos Paraiso 3:34 Maria de Barros Morabeza
• Way Down Deep 4:20 Sweet Honey In the Rock Still the Same Me
• Start to Move 4:53 Elizabeth Shepherd Trio Start to Move
• Red Hot Mama 2:39 Sophie Tucker The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
• Moon's Lament 6:10 Layne Redmond Invoking the Muse
• Night and Day 5:34 Lea DeLaria The Live Smoke Sessions
• To Beat With Her Heart 4:16 Mahinarangi Tocker Hei Ha!
• Maria Lando 5:35 Susana Baca Music From The Coffee Lands

KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS WORDS – 10-8-09

Lakeisha Harrison, Co-host - Rev., Dr. Michele Balamani

abuse in general

• Killing Me Softly with His Song Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly
• Rain On Me Ashanti Chapter II
• Behind the Wall Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman

denial

• Outside of That Bessie Smith The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
• Moanin' Low Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles
• Fixing Her Hair Ani DiFranco Imperfectly

children

• Because of You Kelly Clarkson Breakaway
• I'm OK Christina Aguilera Stripped

preparation/leaving

• I'm Keeping This Life of Mine Kristina Olsen Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 4, No. 7) Cross
• Country
• Todo Cambia Mercedes Sosa Exitos Eternos
• Never No More Aaliyah Aaliyah
• No More Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love
• You Don't Have to Take It (Like I Did) Gaye Adegbalola Bitter Sweet Blues
• Run Sweet Honey In the Rock Twenty-Five...
• African Lady Somi Red Soil In My Eyes
• Black Eyes, Blue Tears Shania Twain Come on Over

freedom

• *Private Party India.Arie Testimony: Vol.1, Life & Relationship
• *Testify Dianne Reeves In The Moment: Live In Concert
• I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor Disco Gold [Disc 2]

(extras/filler)

• Thanking the Universe Nichole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble Black Unstoppable
• Billie's Blues Billie Holiday The Commodore Master Takes (1939-44)
• Finally Ce Ce Peniston Finally

Resources Mentioned by Dr. Balamani on air:

Baraka Counseling & Wellness Services
Largo, MD
301-567-5222
(additional offices in College Park, Ft. Washington, and Bowie)

PIW (Psychiatric Institute of Washington) Center for Abuse Recovery & Empowerment
Washington, DC
Capital Center for Trauma Recovery and Empowerment
Dr. Maxine Harris
Washington, DC

WEAVE (Women Empowered Against Violence)
202-452-9550

Crisis Link
703-527-4077

House of Ruth (Free individual and group counseling)
202-347-0390

National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE (7233)

www.womenhealing.com
(for Christian women healing from abuse)

Books:

Dancing On Our Graves: Healing the Hearts and Souls of WOmen
Dr. Michele Balamani
order online at - www.barakacounseling.com

Inner Healing for Broken Vessels: A Domestic Violence Survival Guide
Linda Hollies

Healing Your Emotional Self
Beverly Engel

Las Mujeres/Mulheres-She in Spanish and Portuguese

Well as we enter autumn we find ourselves in the mist of Hispanic Heritage Month and in conjunction with that month I decided to produce a show on the women's music of Spanish and Portuguese speakers of the Americas.

So, other than developing a playlist I reached out a local wealth of talent and knowledge, Cecilia Esquivel (www.ceciliaesquivel.com)--of Cantare, of EvaLuna. Cecilia is Argentinian born, but has lived and created fabulous music in the DC area for years.

Together I hope folks enjoyed our chats, the music, the insight Cecilia brought and was inspired to learn more about the individual women played on the show and the urgency to support live music.

As always your feedback, comments and support are always welcomed. Please also feel free to email us at sophiesparlor@gmail.com or join our Facebook Fan Page, Sophie's Parlor.

Andrea-Diva of the Day

Las Mujeres/Mulheres Playlist

• Cico Mangual Tambó Paracumbé
• Icnocuicatl (Mexico) Women of Latin America Lila Downs
• Bahia Angelique Kidjo
• Son De Los Diablos Jolgorio Perú Negro
• Memoria A Mulher Gera O Mundo DiDa Banda Feminina
• La Era Está Pariendo Un Corazón Omara Portuondo & Martin Rojas Omara Portuondo & Martin Rojas
• La Ronda (Colombia) Women of Latin America Marta Gómez
• Melao De Cana (Moo La Lah) Mambo Kings Celia Cruz
• Besame Mucho Close Your Eyes Mary Jenson
• Anda Mareado (Peru) Women of Latin America Tania Libertad
• Ponta De Areia Esperanza Esperanza Spalding
• Mi marido quiere Tambó Paracumbé
• Cuerpo Y Alma (Body & Soul) Esperanza Esperanza Spalding
• Palo'e bandera Tambó Paracumbé
• Carito Dani Cortaza & Cecilia Esquivel
• Me Gustan Los Estudiantes Recital Mercedes Sosa
• Canção Do Sal (Salt Song) It's All About Love Carla Cook
• Toro Mata Sangre De Un Don Peru Negro

September 17, 2009 - Kimberly C. Gaines

Thank you for indulging me on my birthday Listening to the tunes I enjoy and hope you do as well!

Keep on Pushin - AfroBlue
Walk in My Shoes - Emily King
Black Is - Fertile Ground
Perfect Season - Break Reform
Ile Perola Negra - Fertile Ground
Eva Ayllon
Outono (Stay) - Karrin Allyson
Moody's Mood for Love - Amy Winehouse
Mela - Esperanza Spaulding
Bella - Beady Belle
I am - Kindred Featuring Jazmine Sullivan

Voodoo Woman - Pam Parker
You Gotta Pay Band - Abbey Lincoln
Nica's Dream - Afro Blue



Searching For My Soul - Amel Larrieux
Awaken - Teisha Marie
You Put a move on My Heart - Pam Parker
Up Jumped Spring - Abbey Lincoln
Incensa -Fabiana Cozza
Out of the Blue - Maysa
Lions, Tigers and Bears - Jazmine Sullivan

Helen's Women's Music Show September 3, 2009

The history of Sophie's Parlor is inextricably entwined with the history of women's music. The genre of women's music began in the early 1970's and was launched by many of the women who started the radio show, Sophie's Parlor, at Georgetown University's WGTB. After four years on the air at the University, Sophie's Parlor moved to WPFW where it has persisted as the longest-running radio show devoted to music by women, about women, for everybody!

My playlist follows, not necessarily in the order I will play the songs on air. I hope you enjoy it!

• Ode To A Gym Teacher 4:09 Christian, Meg The Best Of Meg Christian
• Valentine Song 4:41 Christian, Meg The Best Of Meg Christian
• Joanna 3:21 Christian, Meg The Best Of Meg Christian
• Dream Child 4:25 Cris Williamson The Changer And The Changed: A Record Of The Times
• Sweet Woman 3:54 Cris Williamson The Changer And The Changed: A Record Of The Times
• Having Been Touched (Tender Lady) 1:15 Cris Williamson The Changer And The Changed: A Record Of The Times
• Soul Meets Body 3:55 Catie Curtis Sweet Life
• Dangerous Mood 6:32 Suede Dangerous Mood
• Summertime 3:35 Sweet Baby J'ai Introducing J'ai Michel
• You Can Sleep While I Drive 3:14 Melissa Etheridge iTunes Originals - Melissa Etheridge
• Freedom 4:28 Melissa Ferrick Freedom
• Testimony 4:20 Ferron Testimony
• Just One of Those Things 3:48 Patricia Barber The Cole Porter Mix
• Born to Hum 2:11 Erin McKeown Grand
• Get Happy 3:04 Erin McKeown Sing You Sinners
• The Air That I Breathe 5:58 k.d. lang Drag
• Closer To Fine 4:02 Indigo Girls Indigo Girls
• Favorite Shirt 3:11 Natalia Zukerman Brand New Frame
• Puff 4:51 Lea DeLaria The Live Smoke Sessions
• Castaway 3:53 Maia Sharp Music from the Aisle of Lesbos (Digital Only)
• All Over You 2:51 The Ditty Bops Music from the Aisle of Lesbos (Digital Only)
• Happy Talk 6:19 Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz Orchestra Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra (feat. Carmen Bradford) [Live]
• Sophie's Theme 3:11 Pam Parker Imagine
• Yes It Was 5:45 Sweet Honey In The Rock The Women Gather
• I Remember, I Believe 4:00 Sweet Honey In The Rock Sacred Ground
• Magic Day 3:30 Clare Teal Paradisi Carousel
• B.D. Woman's Blues 3:02 Lucille Bogan Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson), Vol. 3 [1934-1935]
• Prove It On Me 2:41 Ma Rainey Ma Rainey

The Music We Paint With

The colors we use to paint ourselves and our lives lie between the lyrics of the music we listen to, the dances we dance, love we have... all of which move us forward even at times hold us back. Today let't listen to some of the music we paint with.

1.	Bye Bye Blues	6:59	Dinah Washington	After Hours with Miss D [Bonus Tracks]
2.	Sugar/Brown Sugar	4:43	Ledisi	Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue
3.	Black Is	7:21	Fertile Ground	Black Is
4.	Can't Steal My Joy	6:08	Steal Vybe Featuring Stephanie Renee
5.	El Negro Bembon	3:45	Celia Cruz	Rough Guide To Salsa Dance
6.	Colors Of The Night	3:50	Fertile Ground	Spiritual War
7.	Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue	7:43	Ledisi	Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue
8.	Sugar Blues	2:51	Ella Fitzgerald	The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook (Disc 2)
9.	Worrisome Heart	4:25	Melody Gardot	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
10.	The Sunshine	4:27	Ndambi	Tunin Up & Cosignin (Disc 2)
11.	I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun	5:20	Nuyorican Soul	Nuyorican Soul
12.	Outono (Stay)	5:04	Karrin Allyson	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
13.	Orange Moon	7:10	Erykah Badu	Mama's Gun
14.	He's Not Coming Home	4:18	K.J. Denhert	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
15.	Redbone	5:36	Cassandra Wilson	Blue Light Til Dawn
16.	Before Love Has Gone	5:07	Stevie Holland	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
17.	Blue Nile	8:06	Alice Coltrane
18.	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	4:54	Jackie Ryan With Red Hollaway	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
19.	Black Crow	4:39	Cassandra Wilson	Blue Light Til Dawn
20.	Revelation Sunshine	4:55	Cree Summer	Street Faërie
21.	Haiti (Interlude)	2:35	Gaelle	Transient
22.	I Got Lost in His Arms	4:04	Marilyn Scott	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
23.	Beautiful	3:59	Christina Aguilara
24.	Chasing After You	3:40	Erin Bode	Jazziz-July/August 2008: Women in Jazz vol. 9
25.	Journey in Satchidananda	6:43	Alice Coltrane	Journey in Satchidananda

Rhythm of a Woman

The first sound we hear is the pulse of our mother's blood, and drumming is the musical expression of this primal truth.



Welcome to today’s Sophie’s Parlor show with Diva of the Day Helen Viksnins!

I am especially jazzed to be talking to Annette Aguilar on today’s show.

• Sophie's Theme 3:11 Pam Parker Imagine
• Indestructible Annette Aguilar 5:35
• Chachimurenga 4:49 Stella Chiweshe Talking Mbira
• 47th St. Jive (R. Sykes) 3:18 Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams Story
• Ho Jamaalo 2:13 Abida Parveen Songs of the Mystics
• Improv Time! - Rhythm Slam! 1:12 Sweet Honey In the Rock Still the Same Me
• Beandip 2:04 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• If That's True 7:33 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza
• The Whirler 4:44 Layne Redmond Invoking the Muse
• Four In One 5:48 Hailey Niswanger Confeddie
• Afro Blue 5:11 Dee Dee Bridgewater Red Earth - A Malian Journey
• Conga 5:45 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• Ai Dievini, Augstu Saule 3:51 Ensemble Rasa Lettonie: Musique des rites solaires (Latvia: Music of Solar Rites)
• Feliz Annette Aguilar 8:19
• A Woman's Place Is In the Groove 2:40 Ginger Smock 1946-1958 Los Angeles Studio and Demo Recordings
• Really Something 2:28 Heather Rigdon Young & Naïve
• Picadillo 8:38 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong 2:48 Sophie Tucker The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
• Aires de Lando 10:01 Maria Schneider Sky Blue
• Devil May Care 1:53 Kate Davis Introducing Kate Davis
• I've Got That Thing 2:56 Catherine Russell Sentimental Streak
• Jitterbug Waltz 9:05 Anat Cohen Notes from the Village
• Sweet Georgia Brown (feat. Carmen Bradford) 2:31 Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra (feat. Carmen Bradford) [Live]

Give me a call at 202-588-0893 and let me know if you like the show!