141 International Women’s Day 2020
We try to do a show for IWD every year, and this year it was made easier by it being on a Sunday and between our usual shows.
A new organiser for the days events came forward this year, Nosila, and she followed us with a music stream. In between we hosted Ghaelen’s recorded talk on two Influential Women in History.
Appropriately, Root Beer was the voice of Radio Free D’ni for this show, the contents of which were sung, played and/or written and composed by women, and had some significance connected with the day. Audience figures reached 21 at one point, a good number.
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Because the Night | Patti Smith Group | Easter | 1978 |
| Stoned Soul Picnic | Laura Nyro | Eli And The Thirteenth Confession | 1968 |
| Dog Days Are Over | Florence + the Machine | Lungs | 2009 |
| Jaunty | Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia | Breathless | 1991 |
| Running up That Hill | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love [UK] | 1985 |
| Both Sides, Now | Joni Mitchell | Clouds | 1973 |
| From a Distance | Nanci Griffith | One Fair Summer Evening | 1988 |
The Show
| Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves | Eurythmics | Be Yourself Tonight | 1985 |
| Sing | Annie Lennox | Songs of Mass Destruction | 2007 |
| Show Some Emotion | Joan Armatrading | Show Some Emotion | 1977 |
| My Feet Are Set For Dancing | Cathy LeSurf/Fairport Convention | Glady’s Leap | 1985 |
| Walking on Sunshine | Katrina & The Waves | Walking on Sunshine | 1983 |
| Black Horse And The Cherry Tree | K.T. Tunstall | Eye To The Telescope | 2004 |
| Cherry Pie | Sade | Lovers Live | 2002 |
| Fotheringay | Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention | What We Did On Our Holidays | 1969 |
| Cursum Perficio | Enya | Watermark | 1988 |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | Karen Carpenter | Karen Carpenter | 1996 |
| Twist in My Sobriety | Tanita Tikaram | Ancient Heart | 1988 |
| You’re So Vain | Carly Simon | No Secrets | 1972 |
| I Am Woman | Helen Reddy | I Don’t Know How To Love Him | 1971 |
| Ready For The Good Life | Paloma Faith | Jools Hootenanny 2014 | 2014 |
| Think | The Blues Brothers feat. Aretha Franklin | The Blues Brothers | 1980 |
| Respect | Aretha Franklin | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | 1967 |
| Sax Rap | Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia | Breathless | 1991 |
| Shaking The Tree | Peter Gabriel/Paula Cole | Secret World Live | 1994 |
| Mother & Daughter – Wallstonecraft and Shelley | Ghaelen D’Lareh | Influential Women in History | 2017 |