Coming up next on VoiceBox: Wild Women of Song: The great female composers of the jazz era

Many of the pop cannon’s most treasured vocal music standards were penned by women composers in the first half of the last century. Vocalist and songwriter Pamela Rose joins Chloe Veltman in the studio for a discussion about Peggy Lee, Alberta Hunter and some of the other “wild women of song” whose work has endured over the decades.

This episode of VoiceBox has been generously underwritten by San Francisco Performances. Bringing you a recital by baritone Christopher Maltman and pianist Malcolm Martineau on Friday March 18 at 8pm at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. More at www.performances.org or 415.392.2545.

The show airs this Friday, March 11, from 10-11pm at 91.7 FM. Or listen in anytime this week via KALW's on demand online local music player.

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