Until The End of Time

The year is 2013. The month is February. Although we have advanced in many ways as a species, it would appear that since the beginning of recorded herstory, women worldwide have been discriminated against, faced harassment and endured unbelievable forms of violence against them.

It is evident in the bible and other holy books, laws established and cultures of all societies that violence against women is a part of the fabric of life. Understand that such violence extends to girls as well and it is gender specific.

This violence at times has not been questioned. As a matter of fact, in some cases, females are expected to submit or participate in their own violation.

The movement to end violence against women and define this gender violence as a human rights violation is recent. It has been taking shape over the past 41 years, building awareness among women and resistance by women, as well as by some men.

When we speak about violence against women worldwide, what are some of the forms it takes?

• Trafficking, known as Sexual Slavery
• Rape is used as a Weapon of War
• Military Rape
• Gang rape
• Date Rape 
• Bride Burning
• Stoning women to death
• Honor Killing
• Genital Mutilation on young girls against their will  
• Foot Binding is used because girls are considered more attractive with small feet
• Femicide, when female babies are killed
• Breast Pounding to extend puberty. 
• Battering, is a time honored socially acceptable method

For centuries violence against women has been an accepted practice. Now there is a movement challenging it. There are organizations providing support to women, groups empowering women to act as survivors rather than victims. Changes in the law are being forced. Women are organizing to have legislation enacted which will provide the types of protections necessary. These human rights violations and gender discrimination cannot, should not, and will not continue until the end of time.

-Nkenge Toure

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Here is to Life with Diva Kimberly C. Gaines

Rest in Paradise Etta James... At Last





Here is the legendary singer on Dancing with the Stars singing the classic that everyone knows and loves.
I hope you enjoyed the show. Here's to Life... and all the many splendors, twists and turns. Thanks for the calls and tuning in! Check out the playlist. Support the music!

Artist	Song	Album
Nina Simone	Seeline Woman	Anthology [Disc 1]
KING	Supernatural	The Story - Single
Deborah Bond	Highest Mountain	Madam Palindrome
Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro	Look around the Corner	The Way I Feel Look around the Corner
Maimouna Youseff	Reason For Breathing	The Blooming
Asa	The Way I Feel	Beautiful Imperfection
Adele	Rumour Has It	21
V.V. Brown	L.O.V.E	Travelling Like The Light
The Rurals	Slow Breathing	A Rural Life
Emily King	Moon	East Side Story
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee	Hot Thursday	Into The Wind
Carlitta Durand	23rd floor	Nostalgic Nights
Michelle Webb	Istanbul	DC/Istanbul - the EP
Dezaray Dawn	Deep Waters	Deep EP
Adele	Lovesong	21
Avery*Sunshine	Ugly Part of Me	Avery*Sunshine
Gretchen Parlato	Better Than	The Lost and Found
Carlitta Durand	Nostalgic Nights	Nostalgic Nights
Yuna	Coffee	Decorate - EP
Jill Scott	So In Love (feat. Anthony Hamilton)	The Light of the Sun (Deluxe Version)
Yuna	Live Your Life	Live Your Life - Single
Carmen Rodgers	Never Again	The Bitter Suite

:::ANNOUNCEMENT:::
Sophie's Parlor is celebrating 40 years! We are celebrating during Women's History Month. Fitting right? Saturday March 10 join us for a look at Sophie's past with our alumni Divas, discussions of forming your own collective, women's safety in the world and more. Pre-registration is going on now! Click the link to reserve your space! 

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Dig Out, Relax or Throw Snow Balls!

So... last night the power was out... people were stuck in their cars and buses stopped in their tracks. Now it is either time to dig out, relax... or for some throw snowballs. Whatever you did hopefully this show was your motivation to do it.
I enjoyed being your Diva of the day... Kimberly C. Gaines until next time.

Tchau
Oh and here is the playlist...

Track	Artist	Album
Hit Me with your Best Shot	Pat Benatar	Back to Back Hits
Clean Up Woman	Leela James	Let’s Do It Again
I Need Your Lovin	Teena Marie	Greatest Hits
Sun Moon Child	Imani Uzuri	Her Holy Water: A Black Girl’s Rock Opera
Live In the Light	Fertile Ground	Black Is…
Chameleon	Dezaray Dawn	Chameleon
New Beginnings	Monday Michiru	4 Seasons
Strawberries In Vinegar	Silouette Brown	Two
Morning Scapes	Jazzanova featuring Bembe Segue	Of All The Things
My groovy Thing	Tweek	Like This
Morning Child	4Hero Feat Carina Andersson	Play with the Changes
Winter Sun	Esperanza Spaulding	Chamber Music Society
Knives Out	Waajeed feat. Monica Blaire	Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads
No Use	Jazzanova Feat. Clara Hill	In Between
The Other Side	Season feat. Mimi Terris	Jazzanova & Dirk Rumpff ...Broad Casting From OFFtrack Radio
Legend	Nelly Furtado	Red Star Sounds, Vol. 1 Soul Searching
Alchemy	Maiysha	This Much Is True
La Vie En Rose	Grace Jones	Island Life
In the Pocket (Remix)	Grillade
Don’t You Agree?	Roisin Murphy	Here Lies Love [Disc 1]
Down to You	Grooveman Spot feat. Muhsinah	SoundBridge
Cold War	Janelle Monae	SoundBridge
Begin	Eric Lau feat. Annabel, Rahel & Sarina Leah	New Territories

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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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Who Does She Think She Is?

Celebrating the accomplishments of women who dared to dream and dared to DO! 1-3 PM on WPFW.org or 89.3 FM in Washington, DC. Join me! (I hope I get to play them all - I'll have to talk fast...)

Heleeene's Playlist:

Change the World, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Smashing the Ceiling
The Mermaid, Mari Boine, In the Hand of the Night
Chachimurenga, Stella Chiweshe, Talking Mbira
Spring, Heather Rigdon, Young & Naïve
Electro Reading, Syntheme, Lasers 'n' S**t
Summertime (Live), Janis Joplin, Cheap Thrills / I Got Dem 'Ol
Kozmic Blues Again Mama! / Pearl
Shamrock Green, Susan McKeown, Sweet Liberty
On the Sunny Side of the Street, Billie Holiday, The Very Best of Billie Holiday
Vul'indela, Brenda Fassie, Greatest Hits: The Queen of African Pop
Have a Little Faith In Me/Patty Larkin/Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
Ko Te Ao Marama, Mahinarangi Tocker, The Mongrel In Me
They Say It's Spring, Erin McKeown, Sing You Sinners
To the East, Electrelane, No Shouts, No Calls
Mysterious Ways, Angélique Kidjo, In the Name of Love –
Africa Celebrates U2
Mfan' Omncane, Dorothy Masuka, Women of Africa
Here Comes the Sun, Nina Simone, The Very Best of Nina Simone:
Sugar in My Bowl (1967-1972)
Demons, Yo La Tengo, Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
Life Begins At Forty, Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Riti, Saulit, Ritedama, Ilgi, Riti
Zen, Rokia Traoré, Tchamantché
Ain't Misbehavin', Carmen McRae, 20th Century Masters - The Millennium
Collection: The Best of Carmen McRae
La Sopa en Botella, Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera, The Best of Celia Cruz
I'm Glad There Is You, Natalie Cole, Ask a Woman Who Knows
Spring, Ursula Rucker, Supa Sista (Limited Edition)
My Head May Be Small, But My Heart Is Bigger Than Yours - Neotropic,
Riz Maslen, Bip-Hop Generation Vol. 3
Sassy's Blues, Sarah Vaughan, Verve Jazz Masters
Springtime #2, Venus Hum, Big Beautiful Sky
Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? Kitty Wells, 20th Century Masters - The
Millennium Collection: Best of Kitty Wells
Four Loom Weaver, Maddy Prior & June Tabor, Silly Sisters
Daughters of the Kaos, Luscious Jackson, In Search of Manny
Feelin' Good, Carmen McRae, Women Talk (Remastered)

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Kim's Show May 29, 2008

Today’s Diva of the Day is Kimberly Gaines.

The play list switched up today! The songs titles are first, then album, then artist. Here it is:

Seeline Woman, Nina Simone

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Simone on Simone, Simone (daughter of Nina Simone


Orquestra Nzinga De Berimbaus, Capoeira Angola, Nzinga

Best of Me, I AM, Chrisette Michelle

Negra Presungturosa, Susana Baca


Field of Gold, Songbird, Eva Cassidy

OUR SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW with artist Ne'a Posey
*80 Days, Ne'a Posey

*State of the World, Ne'a Posey

Colorblind, East Side Story, Emily King


Osaka, Out of the Blue, Maysa


Cuerpo y Alma (Body and Soul) Esperanza, Esperanza Spaulding



*See You Sunday, Estelle Kokot

La Caravane, Jazz A Saint Germain, Brigitte Fontaine

Haiti (Interlude), Transient, Gaelle

California, The Tiombe Lockhart Bootleg #1, Tiombe Lockhart

Summertime, Jazz A Saint Germain, Angèlique Kidjo

*Corcovado, Loide Jorge

My Funny Valentine, The Late, Late Show, Dakota Staton


Sophisticated Lady, Jazz A Saint Germain, Elli Madeiros

Autor De Minuit, Jazz A Saint Germain, Les Nubians

Perfect Season, Fractures, Break Reform

* songs on a demo cd.

Thanks for Listening!

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