This week on the podcast we conclude our three-part celebration of Black History Month. We’ll present music from the blues and soul catalog featuring Aretha Franklin, Mance Lipscomb, BB King, Richie Havens, Kim & Reggie Harris, Selwin Birchwood and more. Blues and soul in the tradition … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Booker T & the MG’s / “Mo’ Onions” / Best of Booker T & the MG’s / Atlantic
Aretha Franklin / “Chain of Fools” / Lady Soul / Atlantic
The Neville Brothers / “Woman’s Gotta Have It” / Blak Top Blues-A-Rama / Black Top
Selwin Birchwood / “Mama Knows Best” / Living in a Burning House / Alligator

Mance Lipscomb / “Going Down Slow” Texas Songster / Arhoolie
Pinetop Perkins w/ BB King / “Down in Mississippi” / Pinetop Perkins & Friends / Telarc
BB King / “See That My Grave is Kept Clean” / One Kind Favor / Geffen
BB King Blues Band / “TCB” / The Soul of BB King / RufRock
Booker T & the MG’s / “Soul Dressing” / Best of Booker T & the MG’s / Atlantic

The Memphis Project / “Rock Steady” / Dual Drive / Ice House
Richie Havens / “With a Little Help from My Friends” / Richard P. Havens 1983 / Raven
Kim & Reggie Harris / “Wade in the Water” / In the Heat of the Summer / Folk Era
Stevie Wonder / “Superstition” / Talking Book / Tamla
Elizabeth Cotten / “Vastapol” / Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways