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Episode 29 - Ladies First: A Showcase of Folkways Female Artists
ListenEpisode #29: North Carolina’s Elizabeth Cotton shows off how to play a guitar upside down and backwards, Blues piano legend Victoria Spivey puts her man in his place, New Orleans chanteuse Lizzy Miles asks ‘Who’s sorry now?’, Lucinda Williams mourns a one-night stand, Peggy Seeger sounds off on the pitfalls of matrimony, and Kazakh bardic diva Ulzhan Baibussynova sings an epic poem. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
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Elizabeth Cotten
Album:
Shake Sugaree
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6, Ontario Blues
Victoria Spivey
Album:
Classic Piano Blues
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16, You’re My Man
Lizzy Miles
Album:
Hot Songs My Mother Taught Me
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2, Who’s Sorry Now?
Lucinda Williams
Album:
Happy Woman Blues
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7, One Night Stand
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson
Album:
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City
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2, Go Dig My Grave
Peggy Seeger
Album:
Different Therefore Equal
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9, Talking Matrimony Blues
Pete Seeger
Album:
Love Songs for Friends and Foes
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12, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Mahalia Jackson
Album:
I Sing Because I’m Happy
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5, I Sing Because My Soul Is Happy
Ulzhan Baibussynova
Album:
Bardic Divas – Women’s Voices in Central Asia
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9, Oren Zhyirik
Mary Lou Williams
Album:
The Asch Recordings, 1944-47
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3, Yesterday’s Kisses
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Aaron Henkin is the creator and host of 'Tapestry of the Times.' He's also a co-creator and producer of WYPR's weekly cultural program, The Signal. Aaron's reports and features have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, and PRI's Studio 360 and The World. He's a regular guest-host on the American Public Media program The Story. He's also the curator and host of a weekly podcast called The NPR Station Showcase with PRX