Music.

  • Beneath The Surface Program # 178 September, 18, 2001 / Jon Wiener

    Beneath the Surface Program #178 on KPFK broadcast live Tuesday September 18, 2001. Jon Wiener is host. Program includes a number of songs that are considered not playable at this time in US due to Terrorist Attacks Sept. 11, 2001. [Clear Channel Corp. listed songs not to be played by their stations.] Rundown: Music CD…

  • Democracy Now! August 10, 2001

    TWO ACTIVISTS BEATEN BY POLICE IN GENOA, ITALY RETURN TO THE U.S.; LOS ANGELES SHERIFFS TRAINED ITALIAN POLICE BEFORE THE G8 SUMMIT ; MANY STILL IN PRISON IN GENOA, INCLUDING SUSANNA THOMAS, A QUAKER PACIFIST AND HONORS STUDENT: SHE FACES 15 YEARS IN JAIL ; RADICAL HIP HOP DUO DEAD PREZ TALKS ABOUT BLACK MUSIC…

  • Democracy Now! August 31, 2001

    BUSTING THE EMBARGO: THE GROWING BRIDGE BETWEEN HIP-HOP IN CUBA AND THE U.S. [Replay of DN! Feb. 29, 2000] |NEWS HEADLINES Story: BUSTING THE EMBARGO: THE GROWING BRIDGE BETWEEN HIP-HOP IN CUBA AND THE U.S. As tensions increase between the U.S. and Cuba over the fate of Cuba shipwreck Elian Gonzalez, today we are going…

  • 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.

  • Charlene Teters / Wounded Knee Musical Concert

    Charlene Teters is a member of the Spokane Indian Tribe in Washington State and a leader in the national fight to eliminate the use of racist Native American Indian caracatures. She is the senior editor of Indian Artist Magazine, a professor at the University of American Indian Art and a founding Board Member of the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Sweet Honey In The Rock, 1993 Concert (Part 1 of 3)

    Sweet Honey In The Rock, 1993 Concert| Produced by T.O’Leary| Recorded on November 20, 1993. – CONTENT: The African American choir of women celebrate their 20th anniversary with a concert at Howard University in Washington DC. – Broadcast on November 20, 1993.