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A Broad Spectrum A weekly Jazz radio show celebrating women composers and lyricists airing Sundays 3pm - 5pm EST on the HD2 Channel (Jazz and What's More) at www.wfdu.fm.

I’m thrilled to announce my debut on WFDU 89.1 FM hosting a weekly show every Sunday from 3PM to 5PM streaming on their HD2 channel, Jazz and What's More - just go to http://www.wfdu.fm and click on “Listen to HD2”, you’ll be given a player for your device and will hear the channel instantly. There's also a free app you can download for both iPhone and Android. The program is called A Broad Spectrum and offers up an assortment of music by Women Who Inspire - Writers, Composers, Instrumentalists and Vocalists (and yes, there will be airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slot). Hope you’ll get a chance to tune in. If you would like to send promotional material for airplay on A Broad Spectrum, please mail to the address listed below:

Mary Foster Conklin
MockTurtle Music
PO Box 528, Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10011

or contact me via email at [email protected] . Digital files are welcome as long as you include a song list with complete writers' credits. Please bear in mind that the focus of my radio show is music written and/or composed by women - Instrumentalists and Vocalists both male and female are welcome. If you miss the live show, never fear - here's the link to the archives - http://wfdu2.streamrewind.com/

Shows are archived for two weeks, which you can hear by using the drop down menu.

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at allaboutjazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast celeb...
10/12/2026

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at allaboutjazz.com (see comment below for link)

This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear—see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://b...
10/12/2026

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday,
following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.

1st HOUR
Pam Fleming Fearless Dreamer — Keep It Movin/Buds/Pam Fleming/Infinite Room
Angela O’Neill & the Outrageous8 — I Love Being Here With You/A Live Musical Tribute to Peggy Lee (2026))/Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee/Outrageous8 Records
Abbey Lincoln — Blue Monk/Abbey Sings Abbey/Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln/Verve
Rachel Spencer — Queen Of Cups/The Next Right Thing (2026)/Rachel Spencer/Self Released
Stevie Wonder — My Life Story Of Love/Songs In The Key Of Life EP (2026)/Stevie Wonder, Susaye Greene/Ume
Brittany Pitt — Prospect/Shapeshifter (2026)/Brittany Pitt/Lit Soc Records
Sarah Pillow — Café (for Erik)/Wanderer (2026)/Egberto Gismonti, Sarah Pillow/Buckyball Records
Brandee Younger — Gadabout Season/Gadabout Season (2025)/Brandee Younger/Impulse!
Amy London — Blue Light Boogie/Alto Madness (2026)/Louis Jordan, Jessie Mae Robinson/Fivecat Records
Kevin Mahogany — Dear Ruby/Big Band/Thelonious Monk, Sally Swisher/Mahogany Jazz
Julieta Eugenio — Mi Boathouse/Mi Boathouse (2026)/Julieta Eugenio/Dox Records

2nd HOUR
Johnny O’Neal — People Make the World Go Round/In The Moment (2017)/Thomas Bell, Linda Creed/Smoke Sessions Records
Lee Wiley — Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere/Lee Wiley: Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere/ Ned Washington, Victor Young, Lee Wiley/Retrospective Records
Marianne Solivan — My Dream/It’s You/Single (My Dream/It’s You)/Carla Bley, Brandon McCune, Marianne Solivan/15A Records
Diego Rivera — Gracias A La Vida/Love and Peace (2023)/Violeta Parra/Posi-Tone
Emilio Solla & Antonio Lizana with Roxana Ahmed — Lejos de casa (Far From Home)/El Siempre Mar (2023)/Roxana Ahmed/Tiger Turn
Jocelyn Gould — Amethyst/So Delighted (2026)/Jocelyn Gould/La Reserve
Emma Larsson & Xavier Davis — Naima’s Love Song/The Makings (2019)/Betty Carter/Dav Lar Music
Amy Cervini — Bye Bye Country Boy/No One Ever Tells You/Blossom Dearie/Anzic Records
Tara Davidson’s Marni Project — Family Portrait/The Reflection of an Echo (2026)/Tara Davidson/T-Sound
Vanisha Gould — Fool Me Twice/What An Interesting Girl (2026)/Vanisha Gould/Cellar Music
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

Good morning on this rainy Sunday, wherever you are. The times are dark, but we continue to make noise. Music remains ev...
10/11/2026

Good morning on this rainy Sunday, wherever you are. The times are dark, but we continue to make noise. Music remains ever healing. Go seek out a live venue for inspiration, comfort, distraction or just hunker down and turn on your radio. The new program has been loaded to the HD2 channel and you can hear it live at 3:00pm EST at this link - https://wfdu.fm/
Go to "Select Station" to select "WFDU HD2" then click on “Listen” and you will hear the channel instantly.

Today's broadcast includes new music from Angela O'Neill, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould, with birthday shoutouts to Lee Wiley, Pam Fleming, Violeta Parra, Roxana Ahmed, Emma Larsson, Amy Cervini and Honorable Men Thelonious Monk and Johnny O'Neal, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

A Broad Spectrum is a jazz-based mix of standards, blues, pop and originals composed and/or with lyrics by women - you'll hear both instrumentalists and vocalists (with airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slots

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new music from Angela O'Neill, Stevie Wonder, Sarah P...
10/10/2026

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new music from Angela O'Neill, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould, with birthday shoutouts to Lee Wiley, Pam Fleming, Violeta Parra, Roxana Ahmed, Emma Larsson, Amy Cervini and Honorable Men Thelonious Monk and Johnny O'Neal, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for your support.

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast celeb...
10/05/2026

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)
This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Emmaline, Joan Watson-Jones, Doug Webb, Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, with birthday shoutouts to Rosetta Reitz (founder of Rosetta Records), Marlena Shaw, Julie London (100!), Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear—see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://b...
10/04/2026

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday,
following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.

1st HOUR
Wes Montgomery — Windy/A Day In the Life (1967)/Ruthann Friedman/A&M Records
Nancy Harrow — Can’t We Be Friends/Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues/Kay Swift, Paul James/Candid
Amy London — New York Afternoon/Single (Alto Madness-out 10/16) (2026)/Richie Cole, Eddie Jefferson, Amy London/Fivecat Records
Dida Pelled — Rosa Mae/I Wish You Would (2026)/Mary Lou Williams/La Reserve
Koko Taylor — Find a Fool/I Got What It Takes/Denise LaSalle/Alligator Records
Esperanza Spalding — I Can’t Help It/Radio Music Society/Stevie Wonder, Susaye Greene/Heads Up International
Haruna Fukazawa — Plays At the Wrong Time/Plays At The Wrong Time (2026)/Haruna Fukazawa/Orange Paw Records
Zuri Alexander — Living Is For Now/Hear Me (2026)/Zuri Alexander/Deniscott Music
Hyuna Park — Driving in New York/Her Morning Waltz (2019)/Hyuna Park/Internova
Melissa Stylianou ft. Gene Bertoncini — If You Never Come To Me (Inútil paisagem) /Dream Dancing (2022)/Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveira/Anzic
Jenny Scheinman — Turns The Wagon Wheel/Single (One Hundred Years Today-out 11/6)(2026)/Jenny Scheinman/Royal Potato Family

2nd HOUR
Patrice Rushen — L’esprit de joi (The Spirit Of Joy)/Signature/Patrice Rushen/Strut Records
Lauren White — In A New York Minute/Life In the Modern World/Simon Wallace, Fran Landesman/Café Pacific
Sachel Vasandani — Love Is A Losing Game/Hi-Fly/Amy Winehouse/Mack Avenue
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet — Summer Madness/Sure Grand Out (2026)/Myra Melford/Rogue Art
Carolina Calvache feat. Ruben Blades — Te Conoci De Nuevo//Vida Profunda (2020)/Carolina Calvache/ Sunnyside
Ekep Nkwelle — Caged Bird/Caged Bird (2026)/Abbey Lincoln/Mack Avenue
Tara Davidson’s Marni Project — Train To Tarrytown/The Reflection Of An Echo (2026)/Tara Davidson/T-Sound
Gretchen Parlato feat. Meshell Ndegeocello) — Never Come Down/The Wise Ones/Gretchen Parlato, Mark Guiliana, Alan Hampton/Edition
Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble — Overture: O Nascer De Cada Dia/Parabólica: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume I (2026)/Gaia Wilmer/Sunnyside
Gino Amato feat. Matt Cusson — Windmills Of Your Mind/Latin Crossroads 2 (2025)/Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman/Ovation Records
Janis Siegel — In The Presence and Absence of Each Other/The Art Of Vocalese (2026)/ Claus Ogerman, Michael Brecker, Janis Siegel, Wayne Escoffrey/Origin
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

Good morning on this cool overcast Sunday, wherever you are. The times are dark, but we continue to make noise. Music re...
10/04/2026

Good morning on this cool overcast Sunday, wherever you are. The times are dark, but we continue to make noise. Music remains ever healing. Go seek out a live venue for inspiration, comfort, distraction or just hunker down and turn on your radio. The new program has been loaded to the HD2 channel and you can hear it live at 3:00pm EST at this link - https://wfdu.fm/
Go to "Select Station" to select "WFDU HD2" then click on “Listen” and you will hear the channel instantly.

Today's broadcast includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

A Broad Spectrum is a jazz-based mix of standards, blues, pop and originals composed and/or with lyrics by women - you'll hear both instrumentalists and vocalists (with airplay of male artists too, in the Honorable Men-tion slots)

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melf...
10/03/2026

Sunday’s 3-5pm A Broad Spectrum broadcast on WFDU.FM HD2 includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear - see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman’s Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for your support.

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)This broadcast celeb...
09/28/2026

Another episode of A Broad Spectrum has been posted at AllAboutJazz.com (see comment below for link)

This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright plus a single from Amy Winehouse, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler, Amy Winehouse, Wesla Whitfield, Catherine Russell, Helen Sung, Leigh Pilzer, Lovie Austin and Honorable Men, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Short, Giacomo Gates, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear—see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in.

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://b...
09/27/2026

Thanks for tuning in to the show this afternoon. For those who missed the broadcast, go to the show page here: https://bit.ly/3S88l50
You’ll be able to listen anytime you wish for the next two weeks. There will also be a repeat broadcast on Tuesday at midday,
following The Jazz Deli with Russ Kassoff.

1st HOUR
Joe Traina — Lullaby of the Leaves/Tip Of The Hat (2021)/Bernice Petkere, Joseph Young/Self released
Benny Carter with Marlena Shaw — Blue Moonlight/Benny Carter Songbook Vol. II/Benny Carter, Dana Suesse/MusicMasters Records
Emmaline — I’ll Never Smile Again/Sinatra My Sweetheart (2026)/Ruth Lowe/CurlyCue! Records
Dorothy Donegan — Dorothy Rocks/Dorothy Romps/Dorothy Donegan/Rosetta Records
Sister Rosetta Tharpe — Strange Things Are Happening Every Day/Boogie Blues-Women Sing and Play the Blues/Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Rosetta Records
Lil Hardin Armstrong — Or Leave Me Alone/Mean Mothers: Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 1/Rosetta Records
Dinah Washington — Mellow Mama Blues/Wise Women Blues/Jessie Mae Robinson/Rosetta Records
Rachel Spencer — Essential Company/The Next Right Thing (2026)/Rachel Spencer/Self Released
Joan Watson-Jones — I’ll Cry Tomorrow/Love Sings (2026)/Joan Watson-Jones/Eye of Samantha Productions LLC
Atlantic Jazz Collective with Norma Winstone — Turn Again/Seascape (2025)/John Taylor, Norma Winstone, Alma Records
Doug Webb — Good Morning Heartache/Watch Your Step (2026)/Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher/Cellar Live
Peggy Lee — Since You Have Gone/Since You Have Gone (2026)/Peggy Lee/Capitol/Virgin
Julie London — The Meaning Of the Blues/About the Blues/Bobby Troup, Leah Worth/Capitol
Kris Davis — Where Does That Tunnel Go?/Lost In Geneva (2026)/Kris Davis/4166 Records

2nd HOUR
Monty Alexander — You Make Me Feel Brand New/A Jamaican in Paris (2026)/Thom Bell, Linda Creed/Peewee!
Rebecca Kilgore — Somebody Just Like You/Rebecca Kilgore Vol 1 (2021)/Meredith D’Ambrosio, Dan Davis/Heavywood Music
Sounds Of April & Randall — Everybody Ain’t Gonna Like You/Dishes Ain’t Clean (2026)/April May Webb/Soaring Records
Andy Sheppard — Lawns/Salt Catchers (2026)/Carla Bley/ECM
Jessica Jones with Ed Reed — Just As It Is (Ed’s Song)/Continuum (2019)/Jessica Jones/Reva Records
Somi — Skin To Skin/What Does It Take To Bloom (2026)/Somi Kakoma, Ibrahim Maalouf/Salon Africana
Hendrik Meurkens — The Summer Knows/Samba Tonto (2026)/Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman/Cellar Music Group
Liana Flores — Here To Stay/And so it goes…(2026)/Liana Flores/Verve
Lisa B (Bernstein) — Windy/’60s Magic Now! The Y-Verse (2026)/Ruthann Friedman/Piece of Pie Records
Mimi Jones — Fall/Feet In the Mud (2016)/Mimi Jones/Hot Tone Music
Julian Davis Reid and Circle of Trust — Mercy We Need/Mercy We Need (2026)/Julian Davis Reid, Tramaine Parker/Self Released
Mavis Staples — Human Mind/Sad And Beautiful World (2025)/Andrew Hozier-Byrne, Allison Russell/Anti Records
Vivien Garry Quintet — A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/A Woman’s Place Is In the Groove/Vivien Garry/PNR

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