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This week’s show is a lovely stroll around all the core music that makes this music amazing!

Enjoy!

• Glenn Miller
• Grant Green
• Jimmy Smith
• Bud Powell
• Count Basie
• Mel Tormé
• Anita O’Day
• Johnny Hartman
• Billy Eckstine
• Nat “King” Cole
• Dinah Washington
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Frank Sinatra
• Helen Merrill
• Billie Holiday

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This week’s show is largely ladies – except for Nat & Johnny, because I’ve not done a show in a few weeks & they’ve earned their place here, too.

So, if you like lady singers & players, this show is worth an hour of your time.

Enjoy!

• The Andrews Sisters
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Bessie Smith
• Nina Simone
• Dinah Shore
• Carmen McRae
• Dinah Washington
• Billie Holiday
• Nat “King” Cole
• Johnny Hartman
• k.d. lang
• Jody Watley
• Helen Merrill
• June Christy
• Abbey Lincoln
• Nancy Wilson
• Holly Cole Trio

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No matter your opinion, your voice matters.

Your opinion matters.

You matter.

We need to figure out a way to make sure that we all know that we all matter.

In the spirit of the marches this weekend, here are some of my favorite protest songs…and more.

Peace.

• Elvis Costello
• Buffalo Springfield
• The O’Jays
• Curtis Mayfield
• Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• Bobby “Blue” Bland
• The Meters
• The Clash
• U2
• Hüsker Dü
• Fugazi
• Public Enemy
• Living Colour
• The Clash
• Hüsker Dü
• The Alarm
• Ocean Colour Scene
• ANOHNI
• Bill Hicks
• Minor Threat
• 7 Seconds
• Blind Willie Johnson
• Bob Dylan
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• The Alarm
• John Gorka
• Pete Seeger
• John Lennon

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In Ireland, they call a “soft day” one that has mostly mist & drizzle.  This show – and not because it’s snowing out there again – is also a soft show.

It’s an hour of ballads that I think you’ll love.

Enjoy!

• Yusef Lateef
• Thelonious Monk
• Johnny Hartman
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Dinah Washington
• Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
• Shirley Horn
• Nina Simone
• Patsy Cline
• Ray Charles
• Nat “King” Cole
• The Ink Spots
• Sonny Rollins
• Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• Peter Nero

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This mid-week show is a tribute to David Bowie.

Enjoy.

• David Bowie