MLK Day with the Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was first shared in words. We’ll hear it in music from the Staple Singers, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, plus classic jazz, reggae and a new generation of singers: the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Norah Jones and Questlove. Then, songs, rhythms and histories from the Georgia Sea Islands Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition), Sony
Blowin’ in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Greatest Hits, Motown
Long Walk to D.C. The Staple Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971, Stax
A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Bob Dylan
The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan, Columbia
Man in Black Johnny Cash
Columbia Country Classics, Columbia
Instrumental: Lift Every Voice and Sing Art Blakey
In My Prime Vol. 2, Timeless Records
Why Am I Treated So Bad Norah Jones, ?uestlove, Christian McBride
Norah Jones is Playing Along, Blue Note
Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis
Wade in the Water, Geffen Records
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Nina Simone
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition), Sony
Freedom Road The Blind Boys of Alabama
Higher Ground, Real World Records
You Gotta Move Mississippi Fred McDowell
You Gotta Move, Smithsonian Folkways
Instrumental: Moanin’ Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones: Big Band, UMG Recordings
People Get Ready The Impressions
People Get Ready, Geffen Records
The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff
The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Island
Get Up, Stand Up The Wailers
Burnin’, Island
Leaving Eden Carolina Chocolate Drops
Leaving Eden, Nonesuch
A Change Is Gonna Come John Boutté
Jambalaya, boutteworks
Closing Bed: Soul Stomp Gerald Clayton
Tributary Tales, Motéma Music
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Yonder Come Day Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
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With God on Our Side Odetta
Odetta Sings Dylan, Sony
The Sound of Silence - Electric version Simon and Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence, Columbia
Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America) Dion & Paul Simon
Blues with Friends, Keeping The Blues Alive Records
Chain Gang Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul, RCA
A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
Ain’t That Good News, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Down By the Riverside Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Absolutely the Best: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Fuel 2000
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel Train, Verve
That’s All Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection, Airline Records
Instrumental: Wade in the Water Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Sundazed Music
Kum Ba Yah/Come By Here Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
Religion, So Sweet Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
Move, Daniel Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
Soon I Will Be Done Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
O Day, Yonder Come Day Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
Instrumental: Saints Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Sundazed Music
You Got My Letter Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
SEGMENT: The Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
Oh Freedom Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
American Routes Original Recording
End Bed: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um, Sony