MUSIC PROGRAM

  • Dr. Jose Cuellar

    Professor and Chair of the la Raza Studies Department at San Francisco State University and director of the Cesar Chavez Institute for Public Policy and founder of the critically acclaimed Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeno Band, traces the history of Chicano music.

  • The Birth of Bebop

    Rebroadcast of 7/17/98 The Birth of Bebop We will be thinking abouth early jazz and how the music known as “bebop” originated and became popular after WWII, speaking especially abouth Coleman Hawkins, Thelonius Monk, and Miles Davis. We are joined by Scott Deveaux, author of BOOK: THE BIRTH OF BEBOP: A SOCIAL AND MUSICAL HISTORY

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1997

    Landmines; Music Business |(14 Minutes) Landmines Story on delegation in Oslo, Norway to begin talks on a treaty for a global ban on anti-personnel land mines. GUEST: Mary Wareham, coordinator of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines. GUEST: Noel Stott, from South African campaign to ban landmines. (38 Minutes) Music Business Discussion on the state…

  • Democracy Now! August 5, 1997

    UPS Strike; Scientology Debate; Music Legend Fela Kuti Dies |UPS Strike Discussion of UPS strike that began yesterday, which crippled the country’s largest package-delivery company. Also the media’s confusion. GUEST: Anne Marie O’Neill, part-time UPS worker Eastern Long Island, NY. GUEST: Dave Pratt, a former UPS loader and an organizer for Teamster’s for a Democratic…

  • This Way Out: International Lesbian And Gay Radio Magazine : No 485

    (9:45 Minutes) Newswrap:International and local stories including updates on The Netherlands parliament; Pisa, Italy; gay holocaust survivors; San Marino; Zimbabwe’s Canaan Banana; Vancouver, British Columbia; Australia’s Uniting Church; Harvard. (5:45 minutes) Equality through Visibility is the suggested underlying intention of pride events by International Association of Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators. How pride was celebrated…

  • The Birth of Bebop

    The Birth of Bebop A revisitation — We will be thinking about early jazz and how the music know as “bebop” originated and became popular after the Second World War, speaking especially about Coleman Hawkins, Thelonius Monk, and Miles Davis. We are joined by GUEST: Scott Deveaux, author BOOK: THE BIRTH OF BEBOP: A SOCIAL…

  • Yip Harburg Special

    (50 Minutes) Yip Harburg Special A tribute to blacklisted lyricist Yip Harburg, who wrote lyrics to thei Wizard of Oz and classics such as Brother Can You Spare a Dime. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Yip always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism and…

  • Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware.

    African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life in America, and her experiences in the music industry. An easy going interview held just before the closing of New York’s Fillmore East. She talks about Black musicians in America, her childhood, being a woman in the performing world, her metaphysical view…