Gratitude - Dual Divas

grat·i·tude

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–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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When all else fails, MOVE! Andrea, Your Diva of the Day

Thank you to all of our supporters of the station and here in Sophie's Parlor. Today I thought I would take some good wisdom and pass it along, when all else is not aligned, just MOVE!!! Any which way you can.

The selections below are verbal prescriptions for life, use them, follow them, debate them, remember them, laugh at them, smirk at them, whatever you do, act and now. Oh, before I forget move, like the moon has which should be full by the time we share time together in the parlor, Sophie's Parlor.

As always this listing is what will be played, maybe not in this order, plus be ready for surprises, they always happen while we are in the parlor! Your comments below this blog post is always appreciated.--Drea

1. Sophie's Theme 3:12 Pam Parker Imagine
2. I Release Me / Healing Space 4:55 Tia Fuller Healing Space
3. Wholly Earth 6:04 Abbey Lincoln Wholly Earth
4. Mi Primera Rumba Mega Mix 5:45 India Mega Mix
5. Timeless Portrait And Dreams 5:05 Geri Allen Timeless Portrait And Dreams
6. Lady Be Good 6:52 Patti Austin Avant Gershwin
7. Les Nubians - Makeda 5:25 Les Nubians All Mixed Up
8. Into The Cave (Softly As In A Morning Sunrise) 6:58 Hey Rim Jeon Mona Lisa Puzzle
9. Casualties Of Honey 5:11 SilHOUETTE Brown f/Lady Alma Two
10. Tendo do Amor 4:07 Margareth Menezes Women of the World International
11. Trouble Don't LastAlways 6:40 Incognito & Carleen Anderson With Ramsey Lewis Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
12. Heading Back To New York City 3:59 Joan Armatrading This Charming Life
13. Morena Samba 3:38 Anna Canario
14. 04. Purpose 4:38 Dawn Avery Alchemy - Music for Meditation
15. Nostalgie Amoureuse 5:11 Zap Mama Twice Upon A Yesterday
16. A Message 5:10 Deborah Bond
17. Chasing Pavements 3:34 Adele Hometown Glory
18. Mind Adventures 4:46 Des'ree Women of the World International
19. Echo 5:36 Sweet Honey In The Rock Breaths
20. Love Trap 3:57 Susheela Raman Women's World Voices
21. Palo'e bandera 3:15 Paracumbé Tambó
22. Phoenix 5:31 Ayanna Gregory Beautiful Flower
23. Wild Is The Wind 5:37 Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society

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It's Only Water by Andrea the Diva of the Day

September 16, 2010 Show

Well, well, well, as we tip into Autumn I thought it would be befitting to think about, it is only water, that surrounds, supplies, deluges, and relaxes us. Below are songs that should make you think of the three states of water as well as the emotions that come along with each facet of water. Take in mind during the show some songs may appear in a different order.

Be replenished, be cleansed, be bathed, be cooled by, WATER!!!!!

• Sophie's Theme 3:12 Pam Parker Imagine
• Flow 4:34 Sade Lovers Rock
• Aquarium 4:43 Me'Shell Ndegéocello Meshell Ndegeocello Presents - The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of The Infidel
• Dirty Water 4:45 Shameika Copeland
• One More River To Cross 7:50 Carmen Lundy Jazz And The New Songbook
• Bata For Yemaya-Aro, Sokutanibo, Chacha 5:36 Ritmo Y Canto Ritmo Y Canto
• Get Away Jordan 2:39 Mahalia Jackson Amazing Grace
• Joy Inside My Tears 5:55 Randy Crawford Naked And True
• Lament of McCrimmon/Song of the Banshee 6:36 Sheila Chandra Spirit of India, Vol. 2: Traditional & New Vibes Disc 1
• Two Tears 4:32 Joan Armatrading This Charming Life
• Blue Nile 8:06 Alice Coltrane Translinear Light
• Bridge Over Troubled Waters 5:49 Aretha Franklin Live At The Fillmore West
• Soul on ice 5:08 Me'Shell Ndege Ocello Plantation Lullabies
• Come Rain or Come Shine 2:31 Dinah Washington
• Cry It Out 3:33 Addys D`mercedes Women's World Voices (Vol. 5)
• Tears 3:59 Radmilla Cody Spirit Of A Woman
• Misty 2:37 Dakota Staton The Late, Late Show
• Swanee 5:13 Patti Austin Avant Gershwin
• Wade In The Water 4:05 Eva Cassidy Eva By Heart
• No Tears 3:45 Leela James/Pete Rock Soul Survivor II

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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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The way I feel about him...

Well, folks it's Spring Time and as we meet the Solstice and Father's Day this Sunday, I thought it would be appropriate to bring you a little bit of my magic. Through song and an interview we will explore how do we feel about dad, lovers, husbands, brothers, sons, and friends. Today I am letting the womyn do all the talking in all different languages and perspectives. Here is what I have for you today, just a preview, cause you know I will mix this order up.--Andrea

Play List for June 17, 2010

• Perfect Angel 3:24 Minnie Riperton The Best Of Minnie Riperton
• Palo'e bandera 3:15 Paracumbé Tambó
• I Know You Know 3:47 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza
• I am the Hunter 7:11 Bjork Deliberate
• Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business) 3:23 Aretha Franklin I Never
• Loved A Man The Way I Loved You
• Toukan 4:23 Hadja Kouyate & Ali Boulo Santo Manding-Ko
• Big Boy Blue 2:48 Ella Fitzgerald The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook (Disc 4)
• Mr. Gentleman 2:42 Betty Carter Look What I Got!
• Thankful 3:24 Me'Shell Ndegéocello Comfort Woman
• Inside My Love 4:15 Trina Broussard Love Jones Soundtrack
• Pepe Antonio 2:50 Celia Cruz Salsa Queen: Cuban Roots
• Embraceable You 2:48 Geri Allen Timeless Portrait And Dreams
• Thank You 5:00 Lizz Wright The Orchard
• You Are My Friend 4:38 Ledisi Soulsinger
• I Just Want To Hang Around You Mega Mix 4:28 India Mega Mix
• Still Not Ready 4:49 Eva Cassidy Imagine
• House of the Rising Sun 6:56 Nina Simone The Tomato Collection (Disc 2)
• That's All, Brother 3:11 Ella Fitzgerald The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook
• I'm diggin you 4:25 Me'Shell Ndege Ocello Plantation Lullabies
• Angel Eyes 3:02 Kasey Goveia
• Wonderful 5:34 India.Arie
• Precious 4:25 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza
• For Who You Are 5:02 Res Black.Girls.Rock!

Be sure to check out Christine Celise's full version of her piece she read on Sophie's Parlor today at the link below

http://bluecentric.com/?p=3437

Check her out on facebook by searching for Christine Celise

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