Episode 183 -- Empowering Black Women w/ Lilli Lewis, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Songs of Our Native Daughters, Toshi Reagon, Roberta Lea, Ruthie Foster, Crys Matthews, Nina Simone

<div data-ccp-timestamp="1635176683619"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome back, Teardrops! Feels good to have you all here. Adobe & Teardrops will now be a bi-monthly (every 2 weeks) podcast, and I’m so honored to have Lilli Lewis with me to re-inaugurate the show. Lewis is a veteran of the New Orleans music world and her new album,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Americana</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, draws a line in the sand for anyone who think Black artists don’t belong in Americana music. We discuss whether or not genres even need to matter, anyway, and we spin a list of empowering songs by Black women.</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lilli Lewis - “A Healing Inside” (Americana)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sweet Honey in the Rock - Sitting On Top of the World (B’lieve I’ll Run On...See What the End’s Gonna Be)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Songs of Our Native Daughters -- "Music and Joy" (Songs Of Our Native Daughters)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Toshi Reagon - Mountain Top (Toshi)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Roberta Lea -- “Sunshine” (Single)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ruthie Foster - Death Came A-Knockin (Travelin' Shoes)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Crys Matthews -- “Hope Revolution” (Changemakers)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Nina at the Village Gate)</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you so much to The Lost Church Radio for having us on their internet waves. You can catch Adobe & Teardrops on the 1st Sunday of every month at 1 PM Ea