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International Women's Day- Jackie Kay and Vanessa Kanbi guest edit.

Jackie Kay, poet, and Vanessa Kanbi, podcast host, help Janice celebrate International Women's Day.

Today is International Women’s Day and Janice will be joined by not one but two Guest Editors who will give her their arts and culture top recommendations, plus they’ll be taking control of the playlist. Scotland’s Makar Jackie Kay will be in charge of hour one, followed by Vanessa Kanbi, Scottish-Ghanaian co-host of ±«Óătv Scotland’s Word Up! podcast.

Jackie will also be talking about the reissue of her book about iconic and pioneering blues singer, Bessie Smith, in which she twines Bessie’s story with her own to explore how much Bessie’s life and work has meant to her.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Mar 2021 13:30
±«Óătv Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • The Best Of Chaka Khan.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Bessie Smith

    Young Woman's Blues

    • Sweet Mistreater.
    • Blue Orchid.
    • 1.

  • Dinah Washington

    What A Diff'rence A Day Made

    • The Best Of Dinah Washington.
    • Mercury.

  • Patti Smith Group

    Because the Night

    • Easter.
    • Arista.
    • 3.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Mar 2021 13:30
    ±«Óătv Radio Scotland

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