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DREAMERS THEN & NOW, VOL. 2: JESSE COLIN YOUNG AND LEYLA MCCALLA

We peer into the minds of musical dreamers of the past and present, exploring dreams of love, immigration, and a more perfect union. Singer songmaker Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods speaks of the 60’s folk revival in Greenwich Village and his dreams realized in the anthemic 1967 song “Get Together.” Then, Haitian American cellist and singer Leyla McCalla describes her journey from New York to New Orleans, connecting the cultural histories she’d long dreamed of along the way. Plus dreamscapes from Rhiannon Giddens, Los Cenzontles, Mahalia Jackson and John Prine.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Get Together The Youngbloods
    The Youngbloods, RCA Victor
  • California Joni Mitchell
    Blue, Reprise
  • California to Ohio The Shootouts
    Quick Draw, MRI
  • All I Have to Do is Dream Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers' Original Greatest Hits, Barnaby
  • Dream Lover Ben E. King
    Don't Play that Song!, ATCO
  • Instrumental: My Blue Heaven Mary Lou Williams
    First Lady of Piano 1952-1971, Giants of Jazz
  • Sugar Babe The Youngbloods
    This Is the Youngbloods, RCA
  • Sunlight The Youngbloods
    Elephant Mountain, A & M
  • The Dreamer Jackson Brown and Los Cenzontles
    The Dreamer, Inside Recordings
  • SEGMENT: Jesse Colin Young

    Listen
  • Instrumental: Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet
    Joe Farrell Quartet, CTI
  • El Mexicano Los Cenzontles
    American Roulette, Los Cenzontles
  • Freedom Highway Rhiannon Giddens
    Freedom Highway, Nonesuch
  • I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
    Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, Stax
  • Don't Dream It's Over Deacon John
    Crowded Shotgun House, Vetter Communications
  • End Bed: Follow Your Heart John McLaughlin
    My Goal's Beyond, Douglas Records

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey Leyla McCalla
    A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, Leyla McCalla
  • Bluebird Blues Howlin’ Wolf
    Memphis Days - The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1, Bear Family
  • Bluebird Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros.
  • Going Up To The Country Paint My Mailbox Blue Taj Mahal
    Natch’l Blues, Columbia/Legacy
  • Goin' Up the Country Canned Heat
    On the Road Again, EMI
  • Railroadin' Some Henry “Ragtime Texas” Thomas
    Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3, Rounder
  • Instrumental: Cripple Creek Etta Baker and Taj Mahal
    Etta Baker and Taj Mahal, Music Makers
  • SEGMENT: Leyla McCalla

    Listen
  • Instrumental: I Shall Not Be Moved Greg Stafford and Dr Michael White
    Praying and Swaying Vol. 1: At the Cross , Jazz Crusade
  • (I'm Going to) Wait Until My Change Comes Mahalia Jackson
    How I Got Over/ the Apollo Sessions 1946-1954, Westside
  • Angel from Montgomery John Prine
    John Prine, Atlantic
  • I'll Fly Away Gillian Welch
    O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, Lost Highway/Mercury
  • When I Get to Heaven John Prine
    Tree of Forgiveness , Oh-Boy Records
  • Closing Bed: Didn't He Ramble Kermit Ruffins
    Living a Treme Life, Basin Street

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