Documenting New Explorations and Adventures: The Dec 12 Venus Sings Playlist

I always enjoy doing Venus Sings Radio on WRIU, 90.3 FM. The show is part of Voices of Women, which airs every Saturday from 9-11 AM. (photo by Indigo Bethea)

KINGSTON, RI - Whether it was recently released and premiering on Venus Sings Radio, new to my collection, or pulled just for the show, I continued to bring the "fresh and clean" to WRIU on December 12, and now I bring you a summary. As a member of the Voices of Women team, I always bring a female sensibility to the program. But with the end of the year approaching and never enough time to showcase it all, I brought global grooves, soulful serenades, and fusion's fruits for one more display before the year-end review that's coming on Saturday, December 26. See the selections below:

(Artist / Song / Album)

1. Concha Buika / Culpa Mia / Nina de Fuego
2. Concha Buika / Nostalgias / Mi Nina Lola
3. Concha Buika / La Nina de Fuego / Nina de Fuego
4. Sara Tavares / Quando Das Um Poco Mais / Xinti
5. Sara Tavares / Sumanai / Xinti
6. Ocote Soul Sounds ft. Tita Lima / Vendende Saude e Fe / Coconut Rock
7. Thievery Corporation ft. Lou Lou / La Femme Parallel / Radio Retaliation
8. Melissa Czarnik / Raq / Strawberry Cadillac
9. Ceu / Cangote / Vagarosa
10. Melissa Czarnik / Thunder Summer Storm / Strawberry Cadillac
    
11. Queen Yonasda ft. Chandra Muhammed / Street Serenade / God, Love & Music
12. Amanda Blank / A Love Song / I Love You
13. Chiwoniso / Gomo / Rebel Woman
14. Aphrodesia / Special Girl / Precious Commodity
15. Zap Mama / Cou Cou / Ancestry in Progress, disc 2
16. Zap Mama / Togetherness / Recreation
17. Zap Mama / Bandy Bandy, the Carl Craig Mix / Ancestry in Progress, disc 2
18. Iyeoka / The Yellow Brick Road / This Time Around, EP
19. Nikka Costa / Bullets in the Sky / From Pebble to Pearl
20. Solange Knowles / I Decided, Pt. 2 / Solange Presents: Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams
21. Santigold / Unstoppable / Santogold
22. Terry Lynn / Consumers / Kingstonlogic, 2.0
23. Lady Sovereign / Hoodie / Public Warning
24. MIA / Airplanes / Kala
25. Lily Allen / Shame for You / Alright, Still
    

And don't forget, place your bets before Saturday, the 26th: Venus Sings, yes, but who did you hear in 2009? Who are the ladies that topped your list?