For the four year anniversary show, we listen to an eclectic playlist of songs from some of the luminaries of Freedom Highway - politically engaged artists who we've previously devoted full hourlong episodes to throughout the past four years of broadcasting.
When Will We Be Paid | The Staple Singers | We’ll Get Over | 1970
Whitey On The Moon | Gil Scott-Heron | Small Talk At 125th and Lenox | 1970
Freedom Death Dance | Eugene McDaniels | Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse | 1971
Revolution (Pts 1 & 2) | Nina Simone | To Love Somebody | 1969
My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Little Wheel Spin and Spin | 1966
Joe Hill | Paul Robeson | 1936
Casey Jones | Pete Seeger, The Song Swappers | Talking Union and Other Union Songs | 1955
There Is Power In A Union | Billy Bragg | Talking With The Taxman About Poetry | 1986
No Country’s Law | Roy Bailey | Sit Down And Sing | 2005
Overtime | Malvina Reynolds | Malvina Reynolds | 2007
More Time | Linton Kwesi Johnson | More Time | 1999
I Ain’t Marching Anymore | Phil Ochs | I Ain’t Marching Anymore | 1965
All past episodes can be found at:
radiokingston.org/broadcast/freedom-highway
