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DJ Sessions: Women And The Future Of Music

American R&B artist Janelle Monáe performs at the annual Øyafestivalen last August in Norway. (John Rudolph/Flickr)
American R&B artist Janelle Monáe performs at the annual Øyafestivalen last August in Norway. (John Rudolph/Flickr)

For this week’s DJ Sessions, we speak with Kyle Meredith who hosts “The Weekly Feed” out of WFPK in Louisville, Ky. He’s also music director there, and joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to talk about female musicians that are driving the future of music.

Note: We have a Spotify playlist for our weekly DJ Sessions segment! The playlist is updated each week with new songs. Spotify is free to use, but requires a login.

Songs From The Segment

Tune-Yards, “Water Fountain”

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My Brightest Diamond, “Pressure”

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St. Vincent, “This is Birth in Reverse”

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Janelle Monáe, “Q.U.E.E.N.” featuring Erykah Badu

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Sleater-Kinney, “The Song is Bury our Friends”

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Joan Shelley, “Something Small”

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