Podcast: Black History in Words and Music
Episode #16-07 | airing 2-17-16
The next two programs will celebrate Black History Month. The African-American community has produced some of the strongest and most vital music in AmericanRoots Music. On this week’s program we’ll hear some classics from the early days of sound recordings as well as some music from the Civil Rights Movement.
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Artist / “Title” / CD / Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle /
Smithsonian-Folkways
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones / “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” / Steal
Away / Verve
Son House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin’ Joe Martin / “Camp Hollers” /
Negro Blues and Hollers / Rounder
Kelly Pace, et al / “Rock Island Line” / Negro Work Songs and
Calls / Rounder
Champion Jack Dupree / “I’m Going to Write the Governor of
Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs / Smithsonian Folkways
“Little Brother” / “Blues (Up and Down Buildin’ the KC Line)” /
Afro-American Blues and Game Songs / Rounder
Barbeque Bob / “Goin’ Up the Country” / Georgia Blues / Indigo
Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces / “Jazz Battle” / Hot Jazz in the
Twenties Vol.1 / Biograph
Jelly Roll Morton / “King Porter Stomp” / Kansas City Stomp /
Rounder
“Peg Leg” Howell & his Gand / “Beaver Slide Rag” / Violin,
Sing the Blues for Me / Old Hat
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones / “Steal Away” / Steal Away /
Verve
The Golden Gate Quartet / “Travelin’ Shoes” / Travelin’
Shoes / RCA Bluebird
Pace Jubilee Singers / “Oh Death” / How Can I Keep from
Singing Vol.2 / Yazoo
Sonny Terry / “Oh What a Beautiful City” / Classic African
American Gospel / Smithsonian Folkways
Bessie Jones & Group / “Little David” / Southern Journey Vol
12: Georgia Sea Islands / Rounder
Turner Junior Johnson / “When I Lay My Burden Down” / Negro
Religious Songs and Services / Rounder
The Clara Ward Singers / “Meetin’ Tonight-This Little Light
of Mine” / Meetin’ Tonight / Vanguard
Billie Holiday / “God Bless the Child” / Lady Day: Master
Takes and Singles / Columbia
The Staples Singers / “Freedom Highway” / Freedom Highway /
Columbia
Pete Seeger / “If I Had a Hammer (excerpt)” / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
Smithsonian Folkways