Flutist-composer and singer Alex Hamburger‘s latest album And She Spoke threads generations of powerful female voices on the DC-based musicians’s debut release. The impressive record is a collection of women’s stories – from poets and activists to composers and songwriters – offering original music and fresh interpretations of enduring works. This highly orchestrated assortment is a thoughtful sequence of trailblazing narratives from figures such as influential jazz musicians Geri Allen and Mary Lou Williams to Maya Angelou and Joni Mitchell. Notably, the artist’s own grandmother, poet and activist Ana Maria R. Codas, even gets a nod. Read more here.