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You're listening to Sound Opinions and this week, we talk with author Marissa Moss about the state of women in country music.

I'm Jim D. Regatus, and I'm Greg Cod.

But first, we review some new music from Santi Gold and Sudan archives.

That's a track called High Priestess from the new Santi Gold album Spirituals,

our first one in quite some time.

It's been six years, I believe.

A big break for Santi Gold.

Santi White, originally known as Philadelphia Artist, began working in the music industry as a talent scout, Jim,

and then as a songwriter in the 1990s.

She was both a producer and a songwriter for a really great album in 2001 by an artist named Reese,

who I never felt got enough love.

But if you listen to that Reese album in 2001, another Philly artist who gets a sense of where Santi Gold is coming from as a songwriter and singer in her own right.

She shifted into performing with a punk band named Stift for a number of albums and then went solo.

With her 2008 debut album, Santo Gold.

She had to change to Santi Gold soon after, because apparently there was another artist using a similar type of name.

But we've never heard from since.

It doesn't seem to matter, but that record made a giant impression.

And she has been releasing albums, oh, and about it every four to six year clip ever since.

Each one showing a diversity of musical styles, expanding the reach.

In some ways, I feel like she was at the very forefront of creating that blend of rap, pop, and dance for club music that has become ubiquitous on the pop charts now.

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