Gratitude - Dual Divas

grat·i·tude

   [grat-i-tood, -tyood]  Show IPA

–noun

the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: She expressed her gratitude to everyone on the staff.

Saying the word just makes you feel good. Today's show was all about being thankful. Divas Andrea Thompson and Kimberly C. Gaines expressed their gratitude for WPFW, life, and the ability to bring great music, new and old to our listeners. Take a look at the list below and find those songs that you are grateful for.

Track	Album	Artist
Sophie's Theme	Imagine	Pam Parker
New Beginnings	4 Seasons	Monday Michiru
Thanks Giving	Invention & Alchemy	Deborah Henson Conant
Today (Earth Song)	Red Star Sounds, Vol. 1: Soul Searching	Erykah Badu
Vier Frauen	Women's World Voices (Vol. 5)	Joy Denalane Feat. Sara Tavares/Chiwoniso/Deborah
Sun Moon Child	Her Holy Water: A Black Girl’s Rock Opera	Imani Uzuri
Gratitude	Alchemy - Music for Meditation	Dawn Avery
So Natural	Like This	Tweek
This Charming Life	This Charming Life	Joan Armatrading
What A Friend	Chamber Music Society	Esperanza Spaulding
Blue Skies [Unedited Version] [*]	After Hours with Miss D [Bonus Tracks]	Dinah Washington
I Live My Love	Cy Coleman Tribute Album – Final	Madeleine Peyroux
El Andariego	El Último Trago	Concha Buika & Chucho Valdes
A Taste of Honey	Dreaming Wide Awake	Lizz Wright
Moonray	The Late, Late Show	Dakota Staton
Super Life	Funk This	Chaka Khan
Sénié	Logozo	Angélique Kidjo
Menino	Gilles Peterson in Brazil Disc 2	4Hero/ Patricia Marx
Thank You	The Orchard	Lizz Wright
Make Me Stronger	Into the Wind (320)	BeiBei & Shawn Lee
Constant Surprises	Little Dragon	Little Dragon
La Mentira (Se Te Olvida)	En Este Momento	Claudia Acuna

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Singing in the Dark: Depression and the Healing Power of Creativity

I had a great show inspired by Susan McKeown's new album, Singing in the Dark. I'll be posting my interview with her this weekend!

• I Will Not Be Broken, Bonnie Raitt, Souls Alike
• Autumn, Carla Bruni, No Promises
• Better Days, Carmen Lundy, Jazz and the New Songbook: Live At the Madrid (Live, Bonus Tracks)
• I'm So Lonesome I could Cry, Carrie Rodriguez, Carrie Rodriguez 10 Love and Circumstance (9th st.opus)
• Since You've Been Gone, Cathy Ponton King, Undertow
• Living In The Moment, Christian, Meg, The Best Of Meg Christian
• Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Clare Teal, Paradisi Carousel
• Song Of The Soul, Cris Williamson, The Changer And The Changed: A Record Of The Times
• Sanctuary, Donna De Lory, Sanctuary
• Open Your Eyes, Elizabeth Shepherd, Besides
• Just Getting By, Elizabeth Shepherd Trio, Start to Move
• Nothing Brings Me Down, Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman's Woman
• Human Angels, Freshlyground, Nomvula
• Heartbroken Me, Heather Rigdon, Young & Naïve
• A Foggy Day, Judy Garland, Magic Of Judy Garland
• Little Girl Blue, Kate Davis, Introducing Kate Davis
• Heal Me, Melissa Etheridge
• Who Will Comfort Me, Melody Gardot, My One and Only Thrill
• Some Lessons, Melody Gardot, Worrisome Heart
• Sally Sits Weeping, Mixte, Celtic - Women Of Song
• Break Down And Let It All Out, Nina Simone, Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings - Let It All Out/Wild Is The Wind
• Sophie's Theme, Pam Parker, Imagine
• Broken Hearted Melody, Sarah Vaughan, Golden Hits - Sarah Vaughan
• Cause I Feel Low Down, Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
• Here's to Life, Suede, Dangerous Mood
• In a Dark Time, Susan McKeown, Singing in the Dark
• The Crazy Woman, Susan McKeown, Singing in the Dark
• Good Old World Blues, Susan McKeown, Singing in the Dark
• Turn Turn Turn, Susan Werner, Classics

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