Fan Yourself with Some Cool Music

It is so hot out... This Spring/ Fall child is roasting! So I decided to sit in the Parlor with my big pretty hand fan, a glass of lemonade with a sprig of spearmint and kick off my shoes. I hope you enjoyed!

Song	Artist	Album
Jelly Roll	Nina Simone	Sugar in My Bowl Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972
Kissed by the Sun	Tia Fuller	Decisive Steps
Out Crowd	Carmen Lundy	Solamente
Credo	Mary Lou’s Mass	Mary Lou Williams
Sink or Swim	4Hero Feat. Lady Alma	Play With The Changes
Do For You	The Heavy	Redknows : Rednose Distrikt - Mixed Series Vol 01
The Other Side	Season Feat. Mimi Terris	Jazzanova & Dirk Rumpff ...Broad Casting From OFFtrack Radio
Strawberries In Vinegar	Silhouette Brown	Two
urban romance ave	Amber Mimz	Urban Romance Sessions Ep
Sandcastle Disco	Solange Knowles	Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams
Butterfly	Natalie Williams	Secret Garden
Shark In The Water	V.V. Brown	Travelling Like The Light
Perfect Season	Break Reform	Fractures
Into The Wind	Bei Bei & Shawn Lee	Into The Wind
No Use	Jazzanova Feat. Clara Hill	In Between
Obsession: I'm on Fire	Lulu Fall	It's Official
Hot Thursday	Bei Bei & Shawn Lee	Into The Wind (320)
Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)	Sarah Vaughan	Verve Remixed 2
Here's That Rainy Day	Astrud Gilberto	Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2
Lost Where I Belong	Andreya Triana
Dream of You	Grillade [gree-yahd]	EP
Swimming	Little Dragon	Machine Dreams
Streams of Consciousness	Nisha	The Metamorphosis
Skin	Sade	Soldier Of Love
Unthinkable	Alicia Keys	The Element of Freedom
Unconventional	Lulu Fall	It's Official
Begin	Eric Lau Featuring Annabel, Rahel & Sarina Leah	New Territories
Cry Over You feat. Phonte	YahZarah	The Ballad Of Purple Saint James
soul feels	Tweek	Like This

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Some Like it HOT!!!!

Well with record heat these days I thought it would be fitting to embrace the hot-ness for all its worth. Today we will journey around the world with women who defy, who proclaim, who demand, and who croon. These women challenge us to examine what are we hot about, who are we hot for, and what exactly is HOT!

Join us for a great interview at the 2:30pm mark and just sit back and enjoy the heat as it brushes over you this lovely Thursday in July. The sun is beaming and we will be shining in its glow. Please excuse the order in advance, this listing is just suggested, not set in stone, hold on for this fabulous ride today.

Please comment and let me know what your thoughts are below this post!!!

Andrea

• Wele Wele Wintou 5:17 Damon Albarn Africa Express Presents ...
• It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2:26 Nina Simone Tomato Collection
• Justo Agora (Brasil) 3:45 Adriana Calcanhotto Women of Latin America
• Cooly's Hot Box - Make Me Happy 6:39 Cooly's Hot-Box All Mixed Up
• Caras Lindas (Peru) 3:31 Susana Baca Women of Latin America
• Chili Con Carne 5:35 Afro Blue Freedom In Song
• Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 3:51 Angélique Kidjo Cover The World
• Ó Gente Da Minha Terra 7:45 Mariza Concerto Em Lisboa [Live]
• Shirley Bassey & DJ Spinna 4:04 Shirley Bassey And DJ Spinna All Mixed Up
• The Sweetest Thing 4:52 Lauryn Hill Love Jones
• Para Rita Montaner 4:00 Conjunto Clave Y Guaguanco Dejala En La Puntica
• Fever 3:56 Eva Cassidy Imagine
• Sunshine 4:16 Floetry Floetic
• 03. Creativity 4:08 Dawn Avery Alchemy - Music for Meditation
• That Sunday, That Summer 4:57 Betty Carter Look What I Got!
• Firefly 5:29 Carmen Lundy Self Portrait
• Orere Elegjigbo 4:16 The Lijadu Sisters Holding Up Half The Sky: Voices Of African Women World
• Orange Colored Sky 3:58 Etta Jones Doin' What She Does Best
• Hip-Pnosis 8:30 Hey Rim Jeon Mona Lisa Puzzle
• Starwalker 3:04 Buffy Sainte-Marie Up Where We Belong
• Sueño Contigo 2:55 Claudia Acuna En Este Momento

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Independence - Interdependence?

Today's Sophie's Parlor Diva of the Day is Helen Viksnins! Listen in as I explore the themes of independence and interdependence. My special guests will be Grace Kelly and Terri Lyne Carrington. I was fortunate to see them perform at this year's Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival!

Here's the playlist:

• Sophie's Theme, Pam Parker, Imagine
• Spiritual High (State of Independence), Pt. 2, Amanda Vincent, J.F.T. Hood & Moodswings, Moodfood
• Cancer, Mary Lou Williams, Zodiac Suite
• Happy Theme Song, Grace Kelly, Mood Changes
• Alone Together, Grace Kelly, Gracefullee
• Homeland, Miriam Stockley, Miriam
• Freedom, The Pointer Sisters, The Pointer Sisters: Greatest Hits
• Freedom, Kirsten Price, Guts & Garbage
• International Forever, Mahinarangi Tocker, Hei Ha!
• Freedom, Nicole C. Mullen
• Homeland, Jennifer Leonhardt, Gods & Nations
• Power of a Girl, Ashleigh Mannix, My First - EP
• Freedom, Melissa Ferrick, Freedom
• Fly Me To The Moon, Grace Kelly, Times Too
• Freedom Jazz Dance, Marc Rogers, Phil Dwyer, Robi Botos & Terri Lyne Carrington, Alma Records: One Take, Vol. Two
• Let It Be (feat. Lori Perry), Terri Lyne Carrington, More to Say ... (Real Life Story: NextGen)
• Oh Freedom! (Interlude), Terri Lyne Carrington, More to Say ... (Real Life Story: NextGen)
• Get Happy, Erin McKeown, Sing You Sinners
• Independence Day, Gabrielle, Rise
• Human Angels, Freshlyground, Nomvula
• Libre, Telmary, A Diario
• Oh, Freedom, Afro Blue, Freedom In Song
• State of Independence, Donna Summer, Donna Summer

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