Podcast Overview
<p><span>Freedom Highway follows the long tradition of music as an expression of struggle and solidarity. In all movements for justice, from the enslaved struggling for emancipation, to the employed struggling against exploitation, songs emerge as a means of building strength in the face of power. Each week we follow these songs across borders of race, class, gender and geography with an hour of politically potent music and conversation exploring connections between these histories and the present day.</span></p>
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3/16/2022
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Recent Episodes
June 22, 2022
Neither Just Nor Wise
<p>A playlist of politically meaningful songs from throughout the past 70 years</p><p> </p><p>Black Power | The Peace | Black Power | 1975</p><p>All Is One | Mighty Sparrow | Calypso A La King | 1970</p><p>To The White People Of America | New York Ensemble | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>We Will Overcome | “Texas” Bill Strength | 1952</p><p>It’s Outrageous | Larry Estridge | Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 | 1973</p><p>Already Guilty | Free Radicals, Swatara Olushola | White Power Outage, Vol. 1 | 2020</p><p>Profilin | The Frightners, Preet Patel | Always | 2022</p><p>Effects of Slavery | Macka B | Global Messenger | 2000</p><p>H2OGate Blues | Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson | Winter In America | 1972</p><p>Politicians In My Eyes | Death | …For The Whole World To See | 2009 (1975)</p><p>Preacher and the Slave | Socialists | 2012-2019 | 2021</p>
June 15, 2022
Strike Sweet Freedom’s Song
<p>Songs Of Slavery and Emancipation is a multimedia project presenting recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people and explicitly calling for resistance to slavery. The book, CD and documentary film come out Friday June 17, and we hear from Mat Callahan who spearheaded the project. He tells about the origins of these songs, the process of researching them and the significance of publishing them now in some cases for the first time in centuries. </p><p> </p><p>Recognition March of the Independence of Hayti | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>March On | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>The Negro’s Complaint | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>Nat Turner | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>Children, We All Shall Be Free | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>Hymn of Freedom | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>Uncle Gabriel The Negro General | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>Song of the “Aliened American” | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p><p>The Band of Thieves | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation | 2022</p>
June 1, 2022
The Poor Shall Wear The Crown
<p>A playlist of politically meaningful songs performed mostly a cappella by vocal ensembles.</p><p> </p><p>The Workers Song | The Longest Johns, Seth Lakeman | Smoke & Oakum | 2022</p><p>The Song of the Lower Classes | Martin Carthy | Out of the Cut | 1982</p><p>Poverty Knock | Chumbawamba | English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 | 2003</p><p>We Do The Work | John Fromer | We Do The Work | 2000</p><p>I’m Gon’ Stand!!! | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Breaths | 1988</p><p>Rich Man’s House | Resistance Revival Chorus | This Joy | 2020</p><p>Which Side Are You On? | Windborne | Recollections | Revolutions | 2020</p><p>Freedom Is A Constant Struggle | Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers | Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers | 1966</p><p>Had, Took, Misled | Bernice Johnson Reagon | Give Your Hands to Struggle | 1975</p><p>Digger’s Song | The Horses Of The Gods | We Wish You Health | 2020</p><p>Cable Street | The Young’uns | Strangers | 2017</p>
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- What is Freedom Highway?
<p><span>Freedom Highway follows the long tradition of music as an expression of struggle and solidarity. In all movements for justice, from the enslaved struggling for emancipation, to the employed struggling against exploitation, songs emerge as a means of building strength in the face of power. Each week we follow these songs across borders of race, class, gender and geography with an hour of politically potent music and conversation exploring connections between these histories and the present day.</span></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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