This Week’s Theme: Female Artists From A To Z
Special Note: Sometimes, time is precious. For that reason, I have recently devoted most of my time to personal tasks that are not writing this blog. In addition, I am starting to plan for a slew of end of year Holiday and Best Of The Year Faux Shows, so the time I have to spend on the shows up until then is even less. I have already completed the next few playlists, so for the next few weeks I will be releasing those shows with limited blog text, starting with this week’s show. This show deserves a lot more text than it is getting, so I may try to release another Female Artists show in the early part of 2023 to compensate.
Readers of the Faux Show know that I often voice my opinion about the discrimination toward women in the music industry. For that reason, I sometimes present shows themed around female artists, such as RFS, Volume 1, # 32 (Female Artists A-Z, Part 1), RFS, Volume 1, # 32 (Female Artists A-Z, Part 2), and this year’s show focused on women snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This week’s show is the 2022 edition of female artists from A to Z. There are 38 songs by 35 different women, spanning a variety of genres, styles, and decades.
Welcome to Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 41.
First things first – click a link to start listening and then come back to read about this week’s songs.
Some of the artists in this week’s show are included because I know and like their music, but many of them are artists I had not heard of before this week. My basic method for selecting those new artists was to start typing female names into the search bar and see what comes up. For example, typing “Sarah B” returns Sarah Bareilles, Sarah Brightman, Sarah Buxton, and so on. There are birthdays, a trip around the world, new music, hits, and more.
Happy Birthday (November 6)
Jodi Martin is an Australian singer/songwriter.
Jolina Magdangal is a Filipino singer, actress, and television personality known as the Queen of Pinoy Popular Culture.
Sowelu is a Japanese pop singer.
Two for “Two”day
Debbie Harry (Blondie) “Atomic” and “Moonlight Drive”
Carla Ulbrich “Big Hit Medley,” “Dr. Demento,” and “One Good Song”
New
Sandra Argudo “Amore Cantandome”
Sandy Denny “Go Your Own Way My Love” from a new release of old home recordings
Debbie Harry (Blondie) “Moonlight Drive” from the new multi-disc collection of the band’s albums, B-sides, rarities, and more
Janis Ian “Perfect Little Girl”
Lizzo “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
Jodi Martin “Never Settle”
Barbara Pravi “365”
Suzi Quatro “I Feel The Earth Move” from a new collection of covers
Maggie Rogers “Want Want”
Charli XCX “Hot In It” with Tiesto and remixed by Riton
Let’s Take A Trip Around The World
Ecuador
Sandra Argudo is a popular Ecuadorian singer. Her new album appears to be a collection of songs from the Ecuadorian culture.
France
Barbara Pravi placed second in the Eurovision Song Contest and released one of my favorite albums in 2021. Since then she has released several singles, including the song “365” on this week’s show.
Japan
Sowelu is a Japanese pop singer.
The Philippines
Jolina Magdangal is a Filipino singer, actress, and television personality known as the Queen of Pinoy Popular Culture.
Thanks for listening (and reading)!
Track List
| Track | Artist | Song Title |
| 1 | Elastica | Connection |
| 2 | Maggie Rogers | Want Want |
| 3 | Lizzo | 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) |
| 4 | Go-Gos, The | How Much More |
| 5 | Blondie | Moonlight Drive |
| 6 | Blondie | Atomic |
| 7 | Primitives, The | Crash |
| 8 | Cranberries, The | Dreams |
| 9 | Sleater-Kinney | No Cities To Love |
| 10 | Maureen Evans | Broken-Hearted Melody |
| 11 | Yvonne Elliman | Love Me |
| 12 | Dolly Parton | Dumb Blonde |
| 13 | Tammy Wynette | Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad |
| 14 | Susan Raye | L.A. International Airport |
| 15 | Betty James | I Like The Way You Walk |
| 16 | Suzi Quatro | I Feel The Earth Move |
| 17 | Carole King | Up On The Roof (Live) |
| 18 | Amy Winehouse | I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) |
| 19 | Suzanne Vega | New York Is My Destination |
| 20 | Alice Coltrane | Journey in Satchidananda (with Pharoah Sanders) |
| 21 | Brandee Younger | Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing |
| 22 | Diamanda Galas | Deliver Me From Mine Enemies: I. This is the Law Of The Plague |
| 23 | Carla Ulbrich | Big Hit Medley |
| 24 | Carla Ulbrich | Dr. Demento |
| 25 | Carla Ulbrich | One Good Song |
| 26 | Cindy Lee Berryhill | Me, Steve, Kirk, and Keith |
| 27 | Jodi Martin | Never Settle |
| 28 | Janis Ian | Perfect Little Girl |
| 29 | Sandy Denny | Go Your Own Way My Love (Home Demo) |
| 30 | Sandra Argudo | Amor Cantandome |
| 31 | Sowelu | I Will |
| 32 | Jolina Magdangal | Chuva Choo Choo |
| 33 | Barbara Pravi | 365 |
| 34 | Latto | Big Energy |
| 35 | Gwen Stefani | Hollaback Girl |
| 36 | Charli XCX | Hot In It (with Tiesto & Riton) |
| 37 | Natania | Real Thing |
| 38 | Lolo Zouai | Scooter |
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