Best of 2011 by Sophie's Divas Andrea & Kimberly

Today Sophie's Divas Andrea and Kimberly took you all on a magical journey through the year in song.  We played music from the collective's Best of 2011.  Selections were from Andrea, Kimberly, and Helen.

We at Sophie's Parlor wish all of you the best in 2012 and we are excited about the beautiful music we have yet to play.  You can always play this show in the Archived Shows section of www.wpfw.org.  Please be sure to keep up with us via social media see below to always stay in contact and please don't hesitate to contact us.

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Please be sure to pass along women you may know who are doing great things in music and beyond.  Here's to a great year, we welcome 2012 with open arms!


Playlist for Thursday December 29, 2011

	Pam Parker	Sophie's Theme	Imagine	Pam Parker	34
	Dayay Suarez	Bailalo	Giles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues	Brownwood	33
	Mary Lou Williams	Capricorn	Zodiac Suite		31
	Zara MacFarlane	Blossome Tree	Until Tomorrow	Brownwood	30
	Natalia Zukerman	Come Undone	Gas Station Roses		33
	Maimouna Youseff	Gypsy Woman	The Blooming	Maimouna Youseff	33
	Freshlyground	Fire is Low			33
	Lira	Mali			30
	KING	Supernatural	The Story - Single		32
	Irka Mateo	Reencuentro			29
	Dee Dee Bridgewater	Lady Sing the Blues	Elenora Fagan (1915-1959)		31
	Somi	African Lady	Red Soil In My Eyes		31
	Asa	The Way I Feel	Beautiful Imperfection		35
	Terri Lyne Carrington	Mosaic Triad	The Mosiac Project		36
	Dezaray Dawn	Chameleon	Chameleon EP		34
	Lira	With My Eyes			35
	Esperanza Spalding	Wild is the Wind	Chamber		33
	Silhouette Brown	Fools Gold	Two		34
	Nila Kay	Turn it Up	Serial Love		36
	Lulu Fall	Unconventional	It's Official		35
	Lulu Fall	Unconventional	It's Official		38
	Aisha Khalil	This is Heaven	Journey to My-Ka

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"The Best for Last"

Andrea,  Diva of the Day

 

For my last show of year as your Diva of the Day I thought I would bring you some of my favorite women that I have played this year,  some new voices & sounds I think you will enjoy and a great interview with an amazing rising vocal star.

Today in the parlor, on this brisk winter's day, we celebrated "The Best for Last" cause this is what I feel like I have saved for us all.  Joining me in the parlor was the soulful, the sensational, the allegory speaking Jimetta Rose Smith.  She spoke of her philosophies on music, on the artistry of it all, and the fusion of Ella, Billie and Sarah.  

Check out what Jimetta had to say and what music was played in the parlor today by cutting and pasting here: http://bit.ly/u2MAq8 scroll down to Mid Day Jazz for Dec. 8, 2011, 1pm and click play.

Super Duper Shout Outs to fellow radio producer DJ Ausar for sharing wonderful women with me that appeared on this week's show, much appreciated! 

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Support the women in the playlist because they made our day just a little bit brighter!

Remember! Sophie's Parlor is a show by women, about women, but for Everybody. 

Jazz for Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 1:00 PM
Artist	Song Title	Album
News
Pam Parker	Sophie's Theme	Imagine
Maimouna Youseff	When Music Breathes	The Blooming
Ama Chandra	I Shouldn't Have Let You Kiss Me	Destiny
Mary Lou Williams	Ring Dem Bells	Mary Lou Wiliams Story
Patti Austin	Lady Be Good	Avant Gershwin
Jill Scott	He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat) (Movements I, II, III)	Experience: Jill Scott 826+ Live
Nina Simone	Mood Indigo	Four Women: The Nina Simone Phillips Recordings
Vince Vella F/ Danay Suarez & Julito Padron	Bailalo	Giles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: The Search Continues
Eliane Elias	Take Five (Version 2)	Selections From Light My Fire
Jen Krupa - Leigh Pilzer Quintet	Scratch	JLQ
Phyllis Hyman	You Know How To Love Me	Southport Weekender Classics Vol. 1 CD1
Asa	The Way I feel	Beautiful Imperfection
Dee Dee Bridgewater	Miss Brown to You	To Billie WIth Love from Dee Dee
Jimetta Rose	Glory Us	The Barber's Daughter
Jimetta Rose	Sweet Necessity	The Barber's Daughter
Flora Purim	Light As a Feather	Butterfly Dreams
Zara McFarlane	Mama Done	Until Tomorrow
Eisley	Kind	The Valley
India	I Just Want To Hang Around You Mega Mix	Mega Mix

 

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Dreams really do come true...

Today I sat in the parlor on behalf of Kimberly our Fourth Thursday's Diva of the Day. I thought that it would be great to provide some time for us to reflect on our "Dreams"-what are they, where are we in fulfilling them, are we getting our own way, and are we even giving ourselves room to dream.

As a part of this show today we interviewed vocalist, songwriter, and storyteller Ayanna Gregory who's latest release NOW is out now. Thank you Ayanna for stopping and sitting in the parlor with us even if it was just for a few on Thursday.

http://www.ayannagregory.com/

Please be sure to check out the artists on the playlist below, these are fierce musicians who dared to dream and are living out their dreams each and every moment of their lives. Are you dreaming?

Contact me via:

Twitter @sophiesparlor or @dreaofwater

Email sophiesparlor@gmail.com


Diva of the Day,

Andrea

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label	Played
Pam Parker	Sophie's Theme	Imagine	Pam Parker	01:08 PM
Grace Kelly	Happy Theme Song	Mood Changes	PAZZ Productions	01:11 PM
Tracy Chapman	At This Point In My Life	New Beginning	Elektra/WEA	01:18 PM
Nnenna Freelon	I Feel Pretty	Homefree	Concord	01:23 PM
Sara Tavares f/Boy Ge Mendes	Planeta Sukri	Balance	Times Square Records	01:31 PM
Sarah Vaughan	It Shouldnt Happen To A Dream	Sarah Vaughan Verve Jazz Masters	Verve	01:35 PM
Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz Orchestra f/ Carmen Bradford	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy Club Coca Cola Series	Diva Jazz Orchestra	01:41 PM
Ledisi	Dreaming Interlude	Soulsinger	Tommy Boy	01:44 PM
Terri Lyne Carrington f/Dee Dee Bridgewater	Soul Talk	The Mosiac Project	CONCORD RECORDS	01:46 PM
Geri Allen	Portraits and Dreams	Timeless Portraits and Dreams	Telarc	01:54 PM
Anat Cohen	A Change is Gonna Come	Notes from the Village	Anzic Records	02:05 PM
Brandi Carlile	Dreams	Lilth Fair 2010		02:10 PM
Dawn Avery	Dream Come True	True	Okenti Records	02:18 PM
Floria Purim	Angels	Nothing Will Be As It Was...Tomorrow	JVC Japan	02:21 PM
Talk				02:25 PM
Les Nubians f/Manu Dibango	Nu Soul Makossa	Nu Revolution	Shanachie	02:26 PM
Carmen Staaf	Reflection	Reflection	CDBaby	02:30 PM
Sade	The Moon & The Sky	Soldier of Love	SONY	02:42 PM
Elizabeth Sheperd	Higher Ground	Parkdale	Do Right Records/Groove	02:46 PM
Nina Simone	Feeling Good	Four Women: The Phillips Recordings Disk 2	Phillips	02:51 PM
Hailey Naiswanger	Serenity	Confeddie	Hailey Naiswanger	02:54 PM
Hailey Naiswanger	Serenity	Confeddie	Hailey Naiswanger	02:56 PM

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Choose Life...right NOW!

Recent events in my life have made me understand & value this life that I live everyday. I am hoping to share with you, through music this afternoon, what it means to choose LIFE. No matter our daily circumstances, everyday is a new lease on that life that we purposely live. I ask you to take this musical journey with me today and evaluate, expand and ultimately appreciate the life you have, the life you lead today and the life you will choose for yourself tomorrow.

As always comments (on the blog), calls to the studio (202-588-0839), or tweets are always appreciated (@sophiesparlor 0r @dreaofwaters). I would love to hear from you all this afternoon, I really hope this show heals you, me, and all of us today!

The playlist will be posted this evening and don't forget to listen in online at http://www.wpfwfm.org/

Andrea, your Diva of the Day

Artist	Song Title	Album
Pam Parker	Sophie's Theme	Imagine	Imagine
The Original Cast f/Dee Dee Bridgewater	If You Believe	The Wiz	Atlantic
Tial Fuller	Decisive Steps	Decisive Steps	Mark Avenue
Ledisi	In My Life	Soul Singer
Aretha Franklin	Bridge Over Trouble Waters	Live at the Filmore West	Atlantic/Wea
Eva Cassidy	Time is A Healer	Eva by Heart	Blixstreet
Eva Allyon	Raices Negras	Latinas: Women of Latin America	Putamayo
Catie Curtis	Sweet Life	Sweet Life	Compass Records
Clora Bryant	Gypsy in my Soul	...Gal with A Horn	VSOP Records
Dawn Avery	Manifestation	Alchemy - Music for Meditation	Okenti Records
Heather Rigdon	Really Something	Young & Naive	Cliff Goldmacher Music Prod
Aretha Franklin	You'll Never Walk Alone	Aretha Franklin Gospel Greats	Rhino Flashback
Elizabeth Sheperd Trio	Roots	Start to Move	Do Right! Music
Alice Coltrane	Blue Nile	Translinear Light	Impulse
Mary Lou Williams	What's your Story Morning Glory	Solo Recital-!978 Monterey Jazz Fest	Ojc
Phyllis Hyman	Somewhere in My Lifetime	Under Her Spell: Greatest Hits	Sbme Special Mrtks
Erin McKeown	We Are More	We will Become Like	Nettwerk Records
Dinah Washington	Bye Bye Blues	After Hours with Ms. D	Verve
Betty Carter	Shine on Harvest Moon	'Round Midnight	ATCO
Sweet Honey in the Rock	Battle for My Life	Breaths	Rounder/Umgd
Claudia Acuna	Lilas	Luna	MAXJAZZ
Nina Simone	See-Line Woman	Four Women: The Nina Simone Phillips Recordings (Disk 1)	Verve
Terri Lyne Carrington f/ Lori Perry	Let it Be	More to Say...(Real Life Story: NextGen)	Koch Records

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Articulation Summer

July 14, 2011 Show


With the heat just upon us I thought it would be appropriate for us to explore just how Summer is spelled out, that's right S-U-M-M-E-R. The songs heard today on Sophie's Parlor will begin with one of those letters in show I like to call Articulation Summer. Meaning just what does it take for a women to be in a summertime frame of mind. Looking forward to your calls,

Andrea, Diva of the Day

Time	Artist	Album	Label
1:07:31	Pam Parker	Imagine	Pam Parker	76
1:11:35	Dakota Staton	The Late Late Show	Collectables	76
1:13:55	Joan Armatrading	Into The Blues	429 Records	78
1:19:15	Carla Cook	All About Love	MAXJAZZ	79
1:23:55	Angelique Kidjo	Keep On Moving-The Best of Angelique Kidjo	Sony	76
1:27:54	Patricia Barber	The Cole Porter Mix	Blue Note	77
1:31:40	Elizabeth Sheperd Trio	Start to Move	Do Right	77
1:35:48	Estelle Kokot	Information	Beyond the Box	74
1:47:20	Somi	Red Soil in My Eyes	World Village USA	67
1:58:11	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan Verve Jazz Masters	Verve	66
2:03:57	Espreranza Spalding	Esperanza		67
2:13:32	Mary Lou Williams	Mary Lou WIlliams Story	EPM	68
2:13:37	Ceila Cruz	Salsa Queen: Cuban Roots	Import	68
2:16:41	Various Artists	Circle of Women	Rhino/Wea	64
2:22:55	AfroBlue	Freedom in Song		65
2:26:37	Elana Stone	In The Garden of Wild Things	Jazzgroove Records	63
2:32:25	Tia Fuller	Healing Space	Mack Avenue	63
2:42:55	Eisley	The Valley		60
2:46:39	Sharie Miracle and The Diva Jazz Orchestra	Live at Lincoln Center: Sharie Miracle and The Diva Jazz Orchestra	DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ltd.	61

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Pledge Drive Show #3-Winter 2011

Thanks and kudos to Divas Lakeisha and Elise for helping out this Third Diva of the Day, Andrea. These sistahs and even my mother got in the act. As always continue supporting WPFW and Sophie's Parlor Women's Radio Collective.

Call 202-588-9739 (locally) or 1-800-222-9739 (out of the calling area). For those tech savvy listeners make your pledge of support online at www.wpfw.org

New World is A Coming and we need and want you to take this journey with us!!!

Andrea

Below is the playlist from the show

• Sophie's Theme 3:11 Pam Parker Imagine
• Zulu Lounge 5:52 Freshlyground Ma' Cheri
• Knowledge of Good and Evil 7:59 Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society
• Something to Talk About 3:47 Bonnie Raitt The Best of Bonnie Raitt
• How I Got Over 4:20 Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace - The Complete Recordings
• La Sopa en Botella 2:42 Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera The Best of Celia Cruz
• Beandip 2:04 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• How High The Moon? 3:02 Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan Verve Jazz Masters
• Lift Every Voice and Sing 4:38 Nnenna Freelon Homefree
• Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou
• Struttin' with Some Barbeque 3:19 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine
• Picadillo 8:38 Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans No Cheap Dates
• Here Comes the Sun 3:47 Nina Simone The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl (1967-1972)
• Going Home 4:46 Ulali Heartbeat: Voices Of First Nations Women

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She is protest, world warriors in progress

In honor of the birthday of Dr. King and Patrice Lumumba who was assassinated this week, I wanted to showcase sisters, worldwide, lifting their voices and their instruments in protest.

Some of these sisters are ones we know, some are ones we don't, but all are the epitome of dreams, hopes, and aspirations for humanity. I hope you all enjoy this amazing journey this beautiful afternoon.

Thank you to all the folks who called this afternoon giving me kudos, praising the music and women you heard, or generally showing support. Special shout out to Mabet of Habesha Market and Kat Okedeyi of LSP.


Diva of the Day, Andrea

• Sophie's Theme 3:12 Pam Parker Imagine
• Talking About a Revolution 2:42 Tracy Chapman
  
• Jailer 4:08 Asa (Asha) Asa
• Strong Medicine 4:19 Patty Reese Strong Medicine
• We Shall Not Be Moved 2:22 Sweet Honey In The Rock Still The Same Me
• Peace 3:09 Asa (Asha) Asa
• Mbabazi 5:12 Somi Red Soil In My Eyes
• Freedom Train 4:18 Sweet Honey In The Rock I Got Shoes
  
• Ghetto Child 4:09 Shameika Copeland
  
• So Beautiful 5:00 Asa (Asha) Asa
  
• My Heart Stood Still Debbie Poyres Quartet Catch Your Breath
• If You Really Are Concerned Then Show It 5:49 Afro Blue It's A Matter Of Pride
• Alpha & Omega 6:24 Hey Rim Jeon Mona Lisa Puzzle
• Door Peep 3:25 Sinéad O'Connor Throw Down Your Arms
• Sunday Nite Res-12 3:59 Res Black.Girls.Rock!
• Wishy Washy Aster Aweke Checheho
  
• Black Is 5:20 Lena Horne Seasons Of A Life
  
• It's A Matter Of Pride 5:37 Afro Blue It's A Matter Of Pride
  
• Baba Baba 5:49 Aster Aweke Checheho
• Voodoo Reprise 4:15 Cassandra Wilson Traveling Miles
• So Beautiful 5:00 Asa (Asha) Asa

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