Leadbelly, 1885-1949

  • Talking Union / produced by David King Dunaway.

    The first political protest songs from 1941-1942. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Lee Hays, and other who were the Almanacs.|TALKING UNION / produced by David King Dunaway. – SERIES: Pie in the sky. – The first group in America to record what we call protest songs from 1941-1942, the Almanac Singers – Woody Guthrie, Pete…

  • Early civil rights movement: a mid-century inventory (Part 2 of 2)

    The KPFA programmers found themselves with time left in their allotted slot after John Hope Franklin’s seminar, so they filled that time with 15 minutes of music programming in line with the theme of the seminar. Philip Elwood played blues songs aimed at the Jim Crow condition: “Jim Crow Blues” by Charles “Cow Cow” Davenport,…