Every year, to mark International Women’s Day, I create a playlist of composers I love. These are geniuses I am constantly inspired by.

My 2025 playlist is titled Now Is Our Time - IWD 2025, the title of Noa Fort’s homonymous song. This year I choose to bring to your attention the work of the 12 composers that make up cohort 7 of Mutual Mentorship For Musicians (of which I am part) and the two cofounders: Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa. I decided it was time to move away from Spotify because its policies damage musicians, their livelihood, our planet and I can’t in good conscience send you all there. I bought all this wonderful music and created a Bandcamp playlist but, guess what?! Bandcamp playlists cannot be shared. Please consider buying these amazing musicians music. Below all their links.

This playlist is a collaboration with Vortex Jazz Club, London.

Bandcamp links to buy music (some tracks are different from the youtube playlist. More music, a bonus!)

Summer Kodama - https://summerkodama.bandcamp.com/track/birds-of-a-feather-free-from-a-tether-single

Sara Serpa - https://saraserpa.bandcamp.com/track/things-must-move-quickly-2

Daisy Mangwato - https://jcfimusicensemble.bandcamp.com/track/hunger-strikes-4

Melissa Almaguer - https://spelltapes.bandcamp.com/track/mucho-ritmo

Manu Ranila - https://manuranilla.bandcamp.com/track/ful

Noa Fort - https://noafort.bandcamp.com/track/now-is-our-time

Maddalena Ghezzi - https://maddalenaghezzi.bandcamp.com/track/flex-and-float

Jen Shyu - https://jenshyu.bandcamp.com/track/life-as-you-envision

Carolina Borja-Marroquin - https://sororii.bandcamp.com/track/bay

Alexandria DeWalt - https://suwonyim.bandcamp.com/track/along-with-me-feat-paride-pignotti-alexandria-dewalt

Coco Elysses - https://cocoelysees.bandcamp.com/track/a-melanated-meditation

Chanelle Ignant - https://jay-marieisholy.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-no-fool-recorded-live-in-st-louis-mo

Previous years playlists can be found below:

My 2024 playlist is titled Weave A Matriarchal Dome, a phrase from Björk’s song Future Forever. To me weaving a matriarchal dome means changing the perspective and creating a society that values the empowerment of all and builds future scenarios in balance with nature.

This playlist is a collaboration with Vortex Jazz Club, London.