Black Banjo Reclamation
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for February 1, 2025
Hour 1: Black Banjo Reclamation
First Set
Afro Celt Sound System, “Radio Ranza,” Ova, 6:20 Six Degrees
Rhiannon Giddens, “Avalon,” They’re Calling Me Home, 3:55 Nonesuch
Joy Oladokun, “Sunday,” In Defense of My Own Happiness, 3:10 Amigo Records
Second Set
Tray Wellington, Kaia Kater, Jake Blount, & the New Dangerfield, “Put No Walls Around Your Garden,” Dangerfield Newby, 3:11 Free Dirt Records
Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin, “What’s You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire,” Symbiont, 3:12
Amythyst Kiah, “Black Like Me,” Songs of Our Native Daughters, 3:54 Smithsonian/Folkways
Rhiannon Giddens, “I’m on My Way,” There Is No Other, 2:57 Nonesuch
Midway Music
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Third Set
(Black banjo feature)
Fourth Set
Jerron Paxton, “It’s All Over Now,” Things Done Changed, 2:48 Smithsonian/Folkways
Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Cindy Gal,” Genuine Negro Jig, 2:28 Nonesuch
Rhiannon Giddens, “Music and Joy,” Songs of Our Native Daughters, 3:19 Smithsonian/Folkways
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for February 1, 2025
Hour 2: Black Banjo Reclamation, continued
First Set
Chris Thomas King, “What Would Jesus Do?” Rise, 4:05 21st Century Blues Records
Joy Oladokun, “If You Got a Problem,” In Defense of My Own Happiness, 3:02 Amigo Records
Rissi Palmer, “Seeds,” Revival, 3:48
Second Set
Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Leaving Eden,” Leaving Eden, 4:37 Nonesuch
Yasmin Williams, “Harvest,” Acadia, 4:05 Nonesuch
Allison Russell, “You’re Not Alone,” Songs of Our Native Daughters, 5:36 Smithsonian/Folkways
Third Set
Joy Oladokun, “Look Up,” In Defense of My Own Happiness, 3:33 Amigo Records
Allison Russell, “Little Rebirth,” Outside Child, 4:02 Fantasy
Rhiannon Giddens, “Calling Me Home,” They’re Calling Me Home, 3:49 Nonesuch
Yasmin Williams, “Dawning,” Acadia, 6:27 Nonesuch
Closing
Tray Wellington, “Moon in Motion I,” Detour to the Moon, 4:10 Mountain Home Music Company