Helen's Winter Show

It's the dead of winter; not much snow yet here in Washington, DC, but some flurries predicted for tonight. In this season, I am drawn to songs of snow and the meaning of winter. Going deep within, but making sure to intersperse songs of joy and glory.


Here's who we'll be hearing!

• I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues - The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 4
• Happy New Year, Carmen Lundy, Jazz and the New Songbook: Live At the Madrid (Live, Bonus Tracks)
• South to a Warmer Place, Catherine Russell, Sentimental Streak
• Mistletoe, Colbie Caillat, Mistletoe - Single
• What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, Diana Krall & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Christmas Songs (Bonus Track Version)
• Give Me the Night, Elana Stone, In the Garden of Wild Things
• Keep Cool, Fool, Ella Fitzgerald, The Early Years, Pt. 2: The Original Decca Recordings (1939-1941)
• Snow, Emiliana Torrini, Fisherman's Woman
• Amid The Falling Snow, Enya, Amarantine
• Delicate December, Erin McKeown, We Will Become Like Birds
• By the Fireside, Jo Stafford, Happy Holidays - I Love the Winter Weather (Re-mastered)
• Warm December, Julie London, Ultra-Lounge / Christmas Cocktails, Vol. 2 (Digitally Remastered 97)
• Grey December, Kate Davis, Introducing Kate Davis
• Don't Turn On the Light, Keiko Matsui, Sapphire
• Let It Snow, Kylie Minogue, A Kylie Christmas - Single
• Winter Light, Linda Ronstadt, Dedicated to the One I Love
• Sky Blue, Maria Schneider, Sky Blue
• Warm Valley, Marian McPartland, The Single Petal of a Rose: The Essence of Duke Ellington (Live)
• Capricorn, Mary Lou Williams, Zodiac Suite
• Glorious, Melissa Etheridge, A New Thought for Christmas
• Sunny, Miri Ben-Ari, The Temple of Beautiful (Live At the Blue Note)
• Chilly Winds Don't Blow, Nina Simone, Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings [Disc 2]
• Sophie's Theme, Pam Parker, Imagine
• Snow, Patricia Barber, The Cole Porter Mix
• Snow, Rosemary Clooney, Holiday Hits
• Winter Song, Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson, The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs
• Snowbound, Sarah Vaughan, Jazz Profile: Sarah Vaughan
• Winter Weather, Vanessa Williams, 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Vanessa Williams, Vol. 2

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Divas Salute a Year in Music

Andrea, Helen, Lakeisha and Kimberly doing it up celebration style in the studio with the end of the year Sophie's Parlor!



Andrea's Top 2010 Tunes
Sophie's Theme    3:13    Pam Parker    Imagine    R&B        
Bridge Over Troubled Waters    5:49    Aretha Franklin    Live At The Fillmore West    R&B     
Fertile Ground    7:41    Tia Fuller    Healing Space    Jazz             
Two Tears    4:34    Joan Armatrading    This Charming Life    Rock        
Obatala    3:47    Valdes    y los tambores bata de Jesus Pérez    Latin

Helen's Top 2010 Tunes

My Only Way Out Is In    3:04    Anne Heaton    Blazing Red
I've Got That Thing    2:56    Catherine Russell    Sentimental Streak
Higher Ground    5:35    Elizabeth Shepherd    Parkdale
Zulu Lounge    5:52    Freshlyground    Ma' Cheri
Deep Within the Corners of My Mind    3:19    Melody Gardot    My One and Only Thrill (Bonus Track Version)
Change    4:22    Mindi Abair    Stars
A Hazy Shade of Winter    4:48    Susan Werner    Classics

Kimberly's Top 2010 Tunes 

Sun Moon Child 4:20  Imani Uzuri    Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's Rock Opera

Unconventional 4:07 Lulu Fall  It's Official

Chameleon 4:10 Dezaray Dawn Chameleon EP

I Need Your Lovin 5:32 Teena Marie Greatest Hits

Lakeisha's Top 2010 Tunes 

Black Is 5:18 Lena Horne Lena Horne

My Mother's Daughter 5:02 Somi Red Soil In My Eyes

Lovergirl 4:10 Teena Marie Sinbad's 1st Annual Summer Jam & 70's Soul Music Festival Part 1

Prayer at the Crossroads 4:31 Sweet Honey in The Rock The Women Gather

Ponci Ponci 5:19 Brenda Fassie  African Classics

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Christmas Just Ain't Christmas...

Hey there! Happy Holidays? It is your Diva of the Day Kimberly C. Gaines. I took a small survey and it seems like people are just not in the holiday spirit. From family to friends people are trying to jump-start their holiday mood.

Hopefully some of the music on this play list will make you all warm and fuzzy and in a spirit of giving. It is my gift to you!! Make the most of this holiday and take advantage of this wonderful Lunar eclipse energy that is still lingering.

Name                                 Album                                     Artist

Winter Sun                         Chamber Music Society            Esperanza Spaulding

Istanbul                              Instanbul/DC                               Michelle Webb

Dear to Me                         Bravebird                                   Amel Larrieux

Menino                               Gilles Peterson in Brazil 

                                          Disc 2                                        4hero/Patricia Marx

Corcovado                         Adapt or Die: 

                                          Ten Years of Remixes               Everything But the Girl

Constant Questions            Two                                         Silhouette Brown

The Christmas Song            Carmen McCrea Sings Lover Man and 

                                            Other Billie Holiday Songs       Carmen McCrea

What Child is This                                                                Vanessa Williams

Surreal Moments                 Fractures                                Break Reform

Knives Out                         Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads       Waajeed featuring Monica Blair

Unconventional                   It's Official                               Lulu Fall

Greatest Weapon of 

All Time                               Sunstorm            ZO! featuring Sy Smith

Make Me Stronger              Into The Wind                          Bei Bei & Shawn Lee featuring Georgia Ann Muldrow

The Other Side                    Jazzanova & Dirk Rumpff      Season Featuring Mimi Terris

Let It Snow                         Christmas Songs                    Diana Krall

White Christmas                                                                 Edyta Gorniak

Chasing After the Sun         4 Seasons                             Monday Michiru

Empires                                Learning From Falling               Lamya

Younger than Spring TIme   Lovely Standards                 Amel Larrieux

Naima's Love Song 

(DJ Spinna Remix)               Verve Remixed 2                  Betty Carter

Relax Your Soul                  A Rural Life                           The Rurals

Dream of You                     Demo                                     Grillade[gree-yahd]

No Use                               In Between                            Jazzanova featuring Clara Hill

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