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
Third Set
Interviews with Dr. Angela Wellman, founder of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, and musician Hannah Mayree, with musical excerpts performed by Paul Lion Sinclair, Rhiannon Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joe Zavaan Johnson, and Hannah Mayree.
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