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That's Herbie Hancock on the Fender Rhodes on this song. The song made this list of Stevie Wonder's ten greatest songs:
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Queen Latifah is a musician, critically acclaimed television and film actress, label president, author and entrepreneur. Latifah has had amazing success in Hollywood and became the first hip-hop artist to be crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006
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“This is a public service announcement…with guitars!” You have the right not to be killed Murder is a crime Unless it was done By a policeman And number two You have the right to food money Providing of course You don't mind a little Investigation, humiliation And if you cross your fingers Rehabilitation..." For a list of resources to help end police brutality, go here: www.kexp.org
“Bloody Sunday” was a term given to an incident to an incident, which took place on 30th January 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland where British Soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians who were peacefully protesting against Operation Demetrius. Read the story behind this overtly political song: bit.ly
"Fela . . . decided in the late 1960s that he had no use for love songs or party tunes; he wanted to challenge unjust authority." The New York Times discusses the great man's legacy: nyti.ms
“’Afrique Victime’ is a message to all of the countries with money and power who come into Africa and kill the leaders who try to empower the people and lead revolutions,” Moctar says. “This pushes the area into danger and instability and emboldens the terrorists, and it’s the people who suffer and have no justice. Africa is innocent. The French use our uranium, but 90% of the people here don’t have electricity. Imagine.” www.stereogum.com
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Mdou Moctar stopped by the KEXP Live Room in July 2018, check out their session here: www.youtube.com
Released over 50 years ago, Curtis Mayfield's track still rings just as true as it did in 1970. Mayfield was one of the earliest artists to speak and write openly about Black pride and his community's struggles.
Chuck D of Public Enemy explained "‘Can’t Truss It’ is about how the corporate world of today is just a different kind of slavery. We don’t control what we create. And because of the media, we don’t control the way we think or run our lives. We’ve got to limit working for a situation that’s other than ours. We have no ownership of anything. If you don’t own business, then you don’t have jobs. White people have jobs because they have business. They have institutions that teach them how to live in America. Black people don’t have institutions that teach them how to deal with s–t. The Number One institution that teaches you how to deal is the family, but slavery f–ked that up. So the song is about the ongoing cost of the holocaust. There was a Jewish holocaust, but there’s a black holocaust that people still choose to ignore."": www.youtube.com
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Cheryl Waters sat down with Sharon Van Etten to discuss the 10-year anniversary of her album 'epic' and the incredible covers record she released in celebration. Find the full conversation here: www.kexp.org
Bob Dylan originally wrote this song for The Band, and it's been covered by a wide array of artists -- including this absolute stunner by Nina Simone
Released in 1970, "The Declaration" was the only known setting of the words of the U.S. Declaration of Independence to music
The legendary Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings performed Live at KEXP during our Grand Opening of the New Home space in 2016. Watch the full performance here: www.youtube.com
This song contains "Let Me Try", written by Frank Tirado, performed by Kaleidoscope; samples of "Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn", recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959, performed by Reverend R.C. Crenshaw; and samples of "Stewball", recorded by Alan Lomax and John Lomax, Sr. in 1947, performed by Prisoner "22" at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
More resources on knowing your rights:
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“I felt sad that I have to sing that because it's unfair that we can't go out and, like the song says, live," 12-year-old Keedron Bryant said during an appearance on the TODAY show.
Bryant first shared his song "I Just Wanna Live" on May 26, the day after George Floyd was killed. The lyrics were written by his mother Johnetta Bryant. This fully-produced version dropped on June 19, with the net profits going to the NAACP. keedron.lnk.to
Official video: www.youtube.com
We lost Prince on this day 5 years ago. We'll be celebrating his musical legacy all throughout the day
Frank Guan analyzes the lyrics of “This Is America,” which draw heavily on trap music, a gritty rap subgenre with its origins in Atlanta. “The incongruousness of Glover, raised middle-class and a NYU graduate, bragging about his Mexican drug supplier and threatening to have you gunned down, is intentional,” he writes. “It’s a tribute to the cultural dominance of trap music and a reflection on the ludicrous social logic that made the environment from which trap emerges, the logic where money makes the man, and every black man is a criminal.”: www.vulture.com
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“But I have to keep singing it, not only because people ask for it, but because 20 years after Pop died, the things that killed him are still happening in the South.”
The tragic story behind this 1939 song from Billie Holiday: bit.ly
New York based singer, songwriter and producer Amber Mark released "My People," a cover of "My People…Hold On" by Eddie Kendricks, lead singer of The Temptations. All profits from ‘My People’ were donated to organizations dedicated to the development of Black agricultural land ownership.
Read more and see the striking homemade video:
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The final addition for today's Walker Wormhole Wednesday!
The song was written by Hendrix and recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 25th, 1970[ with drummer Mitch Mitchell, bassist Billy Cox (The Cry of Love), percussionist Juma Sultan, and guest backing vocalists Arthur and Albert Allen.
This South Afriican 4-piece released their debut, After Robots, in 2009 but largely disappeared after that until 2018 when they recorded a tribute to their hero Hugh Masekela shortly after his death with Masekela's son, Selema of Alekesam, on vocals and that ushered in a more permanent return of the group. Finally, last year they began recording their second album, only to have their studio broken into and the hard drives with all their new recordings stolen. Undeterred, they recorded again in just three days of studio time. Their long-awaited second album, Abantu / Before Humans will be released on May 21 via We Are Busy Bodies in North America and Glitterbeat in the rest of the world. They are championed by The Mars Volta and TV On The Radio (amongst many others). blk-jks.bandcamp.com
The song was partially inspired by the Alabama Shakes members' difficult early days when they were trying to balance their commitments to the band and their day jobs. Brittany Howard explained that it's about, "when you're working to get ahead but you can't because every time you try, someone gonna take it from you. Like when I used to work and I was going to school and paying my utility bills and you end up with not enough at the end of the day but you go to work anyway and there's still not enough and lots of people live that way."
This won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song at the 2016 ceremony.
Here's the official performance video: www.youtube.com
Nigerian band The Funkees formed in the late 1960's, pioneering a new sound of Nigerian psychedelic rock
Shamir uses the song’s verses to tell the stories of two tragic police killings with heart-wrenching potency. He recalls details similar to the murder of Eric Garner and the murder of Tamir Rice....“I Can’t Breathe” is utterly crushing throughout, especially on the chorus, which repeats twice, as Shamir sings over huge echoing drums. He repeats Garner’s last words: “I can’t breathe / somebody help me please / I see the light / I think I’m gonna die.”: shadowproof.com
This has been the Midday Show with Eva Walker! Know your rights: www.aclu-wa.org
Good afternoon, happy Wednesday (halfway between "Weed Day" and Earth Day), and welcome to The Afternoon Show with Larry Mizell, Jr.
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"Romeo was born Max Smith on November 22, 1947, in St D'Acre, Jamaica. His prospects initially seemed dim; at 14 he left home and found a menial job cleaning out irrigation ditches on a sugar plantation. And there he might have stayed, if he hadn't won a local talent contest." Learn more about this artist: www.allmusic.com
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See the video for "One Step Forward": www.youtube.com