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Riot Grrrl #42 2/23/16 Tuesdays 6-8pm stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to riot grrrls singing cover songs Le Tigre – I’m So Excited (Pointer Sisters cover) Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dear Prudence (Beatles cover) MO – Say You’ll Be There (Spice Girls cover) Elle King – American Girl (Tom Petty cover) Best Coast – Rhiannon (Stevie Nicks cover) Lily Allen – Somewhere Only We Know (Keane cover) Ingrid Michaelson – Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover) Nina Simone – Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan cover) Mr Little Jeans – Single Ladies (Beyonce cover) Lykke Li – Hold On We’re Going Home (Drake cover) Anya Marina – Whatever You Like (T.I. cover) Pixie Lott – Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover) First Aid Kit – America (Simon and Garfunkel cover) Daniela Andrade – Telegraph Ave/Sober (Childish Gambino cover) CocoRosie – Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover) Cat Power – I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover) Mr Little Jeans – The Suburbs (Arcade...

Riot Grrrl #41 2/16/16 Tuesdays 6-8pm stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to songs about love & self empowerment by black women in honor of black HERstory month! Queen Latifah – Ladies First Celia Cruz – Yo Vivire (I Will Survive) Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y India.Arie. – Brown Skin The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go Beyonce – At Last (Etta James cover) Nina Simone – Four Women Billie Holiday – I’m a Fool to Want You Ella Fitzgerald – I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Dinah Washington – Cry Me a River Sarah Vaughan – I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues (Duke Ellington cover) Jo Ann Garrett – One Woman Victoria Spivey – I Ain’t Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus Katie Webster – Never Let Me Go Big Maybelle – Don’t Pass Me By Shemeika Copeland – Whole Lotta Water Koko Taylor – I’m a Woman Shirley Horn – Hit the Road Jack Chaka Khan ft. Mary J.Blige – Disrespectful Emeli Sande – My Kind of Love Beyonce – You Don’t Love Me, No No No Quee...

Riot Grrrl #40  2/9/16 stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to Black HERstory Month and the women of doo wop groups Big Mama Thorton – Hound Dog The Chantels – Maybe The Supremes – Any Girl In Love ( Knows What I’m Going Through) The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow Patti Labelle and the Bluebells- Unchained Melody Lillian Leach & the Mellows – I’m Yours Patti LaBelle(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days – The Chantels – C’est si bon Betty Everett – You’re No Good Bessie Banks – Go Now The Chantels – I’m the Girl Patti Labelle and the Bluebells – Over the Rainbow The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee The Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game Martha Reeves & the Vandellas – Dancing In The Street The Chiffons – One Fine Day The Bobbettes – My Mamma Said The Exciters – Tell Him The Supremes – Come See About Me David Sigler – Conquer the World Together The Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack The Marvelettes – T00 Many Fish In The Sea ...

Riot Grrrl #39 2/2/16 stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to celebrating black women in music Aaliyah – Intro TLC – Depend on Myself Big Joanie – No Scrubs (TLC cover) Banks – Are You That Somebody (Aaliyah cover) Noisettes – Sister Rosetta Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happen Everyday The Francettes – He’s so Sweet The Supremes -Yesterday (Beatles cover) Ike & Tina Turner – Get Back (Beatles cover) Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black Nina Simone – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Ms. Lauryn Hill – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Betty Davis – They Say I’m Different Mother’s Finest – Watch My Stylin’ Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls PHOX – Laura Kimya Dawson – So Nice So Smart Peter and Kerry – Half Empty Grace Jones – La vie en rose Stiffed – Your Voice Santigold – I’m A Lady Trash Kit – Shyness ESG – U.F.O Tamar-Kali – Your Girl Macy Gray – I’m in Bet...