Music That Matters, Vol. 711 - She Knows
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Cheryl Waters shares her curated mix for International Womxn's Day, highlighting the voices of powerful women creating genre-bending and envelope-pushing music around the world. Featuring KEXP favorites like Brittany Howard, Jay Som and Chastity Belt, plus buzzy newcomers like beabadoobee and Squirrel Flower.
1. Weyes Blood - Wild Time
2. Waxahatchee - Fire
3. Nilüfer Yanya - Baby Blu
4. MULA - Ella Sabe
5. Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing
6. Wye Oak - Fear of Heights
7. Jay Som - Tenderness
8. Chastity Belt - The Process
9. Lisa Prank - IUD
10. Brittany Howard - History Repeats
11. Amor Elefante - San Cayetano
12. Lady Lamb - Arizona
13. Squirrel Flower - Red Shoulder
14. beabadoobee - Sun More Often
15. Cable Ties - Sandcastles
16. Porridge Radio - Sweet
Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-2pm on KEXP.org or 90.3 FM in Seattle.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the K-EXP Music That Matters podcast. I'm Cheryl Waters. This week, I'm selecting |
| 0:06.7 | tracks in honor of International Women's Day, which is Sunday, March 8th. I never need an excuse to |
| 0:12.7 | showcase the incredible musical work of women, women identifying, and non-binary artists. However, |
| 0:18.4 | it was such a joy to curate today's list. Women and gender non-conforming |
| 0:22.9 | individuals are crafting genre-bending and envelope-pushing music all over the world, from West London to |
| 0:28.9 | Buenos Aires, Chicago to right here in Seattle. I feel so lucky to shine a spotlight on these talented |
| 0:34.6 | voices in this podcast. Wise Blood-stunning new, Titanic Rising, was released on sub-pop records in April of 2019. |
| 0:43.9 | On the album, she sings of modern-day problems such as climate change and online dating through |
| 0:49.1 | nostalgic and sentimental sound. |
| 0:51.5 | Here's the song Wild Time, which conjures up images of industrialization and |
| 0:56.2 | nature just opposed with one another. Thanks so much for joining me on the K-E-X-B Music That |
| 1:02.0 | Matters podcast. I'm Oh Oh |
| 1:14.6 | Oh |
| 1:16.6 | Oh |
| 1:17.6 | Oh Look around Look around |
| 1:32.3 | There's nothing left to keep By the bottles that broke you from the solace you seek |
| 1:49.0 | Didn't know you were one in a million stuck inside the wall. |
| 2:06.6 | I'm wondering how we ever got here with no fear we'd fall |
| 2:24.3 | Taking all of our eyes |
| 2:32.3 | The beauty of machine that's working |
| 2:37.0 | Running on a million people trying |
| 2:42.0 | Don't cry |
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