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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with author Cary Baker about the musical tradition of street performance, also known as busking. The hosts also review the solo album from TV On The Radio lead singer Tunde Adebimpe and hear feedback from listeners on recent episodes.Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs:Arvella Gray, "John Henry," I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Two, Jefferson, 2000The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967Tunde Adebimpe, "Magnetic," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "Ate The Moon," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "Pinstack," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "Drop," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "Blue," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "Somebody New," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tunde Adebimpe, "ILY," Thee Black Boltz, Sub Pop, 2025Tracy Chapman, "Stand By Me (Live At The Late Show With David Letterman)," Greatest Hits, Elektra, 2015Moondog, "Nocturne Suite Part 1," On The Streets of New York, Mississippi, 2019Cortelia Clark, "Bye, Bye, Love," Blues in the Street, RCA, 1966George Coleman, "Innocent Little Doggy," Bongo Joe, Arhoolie, 1969Fantastic Negrito, "Nobody Makes Money," Fantastic Negrito EP, Blackball Universe, 2014Violent Femmes, "Blister In The Sun," Violent Femmes, Slash, 1983Ted Hawkins, "Strange Conversation," The Next Hundred Years, Geffen, 1994Mary Lou Lord, "St. Swithin's Day," Real, Deep Music, 1993Lucinda Williams, "Ramblin' On My Mind," Ramblin' on My Mind, Folkways, 1979Dom Flemons, "Charmin Betsy," Black Cowboys, Smithsonian Folkways, 2018Emmylou Harris, "Crescent City," Cowgirl's Prayer, Asylum, 1993Stan Rogers, "Barrett's Privateers," Fogarty's Cove, Barn Swallow, 1977Tsunami, "In A Name," Deep End, Simple Machines, 1992See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 04/07/2025 featuring: Kat Wright "Comin' Home" Trio Sessions, Vol. 1 (2021 Kat Wright) 5:00 Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane "Time" Double Takes (2025 Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane)  3:48 Crowes Pasture "Edge of America" Edge of America (2017 Crowes Pasture) 3:52 Jerron Paxton "What's Gonna Become of Me" Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:47 Helene Cronin "Maybe New Mexico" Maybe New Mexico (2025 Helene Cronin) 3:50 Dom Flemons "Slow Dance with You" Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 2:59 Crys Matthews "Oklahoma Sunset" Reclamation (2025 Crys Matthews) 4:00 Mark Freeman "Stone Cutter" Cold Feet (2008 Mark Freeman) 3:47 Emily White "Red Is Red" Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You (2023 Emily K White) 3:01 Terri Hendrix "Long Road Home" The Art of Removing Wallpaper (2004 Terri Hendrix) 3:07 Cliff Eberhardt "When We Were Kings (Bill)" Knew Things (2021 Cliff Eberhardt) 3:09 Heather Maloney "Angelfish" Exploding Star (2025 Signature Sounds) 3:54 Sam Robbins "The Real Thing" Piles of Sand (2025  Sam Robbins) 3:22 Abbie Gardner "Down the Mountain" Dobrosinger (2022 Abbie Gardner) 3:21

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 02/17/2025 featuring: Yasmin Williams “Cliffwalk” Acadia (2024 YazMelodies) 4:44 Spencer LaJoye “Collecting” Death Drive (2025 Spencer LaJoye) 3:32 Watchhouse “Better Way” Watchhouse (2022 Tiptoe Tiger) 3:49 Avery Hill “The Nest” The One Who Remembers (2024 Avery Hill) 4:36 Alice Howe & Freebo “Standing Ovation” Alice Howe & Freebo (Live) (2025 Know Howe & Bassline) 5:32 Jerron Paxton “Brown Bear Blues” Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:04 Mean Mary “Blazing” Blazing (2017 Mean Mary) 3:23 Rupert Wates “The Dance of Joy” For the People (2022 Rupert Wates) 3:03 Peter Mulvey “The Whole of the Moon (live)” Rapture (1995 Black Walnut) 9:23 Emily Mure “As the World Falls Down” Worth (2017 Emily Mure) 2:51 Adeem the Artist “Rotations” Anniversary (2024 Four Quarters) 4:29 Crys Matthews & Heather Mae “Red” Live at Kerrville Folk Festival 2023 (2024 Crys Matthews) 2:42 American Patchwork Quartet “Big Sciota” American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine) 2:39

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 02/03/2025 featuring: Rhiannon Giddens “We Could Fly” Freedom Highway (2017 Nonesuch) 4:52 Heather Maloney “Exploding Star” Exploding Star (2025 Signature Sounds) 3:40 Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings “Pray for Rain” Love Is the Only Thing (2022 Peter Mulvey) 3:21 Collide “Constellation” Union Station (2024 Collidascopic) 4:29 The Twangtown Paramours “Old Friends” The Wind Will Change Again (2025 The Twangtown Paramours) 3:08 Dom Flemons “We Are Almost Down to the Shore” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:01 Crys Matthews “The Good Stuff” Reclamation (2025 Crys Matthews) 4:11 Donal Hinely “High on the Mountain” Everything Must Go (2024 Donal Hinely) 3:41 The Rough & Tumble “Hallelujah of the Ordinary” Hymns For My Atheist Sister & Her Friends To Sing Along To (2024 Penny Jar) 3:08 Lisa Bastoni “Rabbit Hole” The Wishing Hour (2017 Lisa Bastoni) 3:43 Tre Burt “What Good” Caught It From The Rye (2020 Oh Boy) 3:23 Mallory Chipman “Old Man River” Songs to a Wild God (2024 Tunnel Mountain) 3:26 Spencer LaJoye “Reverie” Shadow Puppets (2024 Spencer LaJoye) 3:07 Claire Lynch “I Give You the Morning” Bluegrass Sings Paxton (2024 Mountain Home) 3:11

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 01/13/2025 featuring: Ellis Paul “I'm the One to Save” Translucent Soul (1998 Philo) 4:40 Eric Bibb “Best I Can” In The Real World (2024 Repute) 3:10 Lauren Balthrop “Thank You” Single (2022 Olivia) 4:17 Jerron Paxton “Brown Bear Blues” Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:03 Donal Hinely “Wings of Seraphim” Everything Must Go (2024 Donal Hinely) 3:44 Deidre McCalla “That's How We Pray” Endless Grace (2022 Deidre McCalla) 4:34 Friction Farm “Rosalinda” Evidence of Hope (2021 Friction Farm) 4:02 John Moreland “The More You Say, The Less It Means” Visitor (2024 Old Omens) 3:55 David Mallett “Nothin' But a Long Goodbye” Parallel Lives (1997 Rounder) 2:53 Ordinary Elephant “Thank You” Before I Go (2017 Ordinary Elephant) 1:47 Sean Kiely “Bright Idea” Postcards of the Reckoning (2024 Multiple Logo) 4:24 Edie Carey & Sarah Sample “You Can Close Your Eyes” Lantern In The Dark: Songs Of Comfort And Lullabies (2024 Groundloop) 2:29 Joe Crookston “Freddy the Falcon” Able Baker Charlie & Dog (2008 Milagrito) 4:46

A few years back, we had the pleasure of partnering with Smithsonian Folkways for a special two part series on Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, who was born 99 years ago earlier this month. To honor his legacy, we combined these two pieces and re-releasing them today. We'll traverse Moe's early career, bankruptcy, and the tumultuous yet tantalizing 40 years of iconic recordings with pioneering and lesser known artists of Folkways Records. You'll find out how what Moe accomplished became so woven with the cultural footprint of American Music as we know it today. Now… here's the story of Moses Asch. __ Support Educational Programming: ⁠Tax-Exempt Donations⁠ Join the⁠ Patreon Community⁠ One-time donations:⁠ Venmo⁠ or⁠ PayPal⁠ Follow ⁠American Songcatcher⁠ on ⁠Instagram⁠  Credits:  Nicholas Edward Williams - Production, research, writing, editing, distribution Collaboration Credits: Smithsonian Folkways  Full Moses Asch interview with Arhoolie Records' founder Chris Strachwitz Interviewees: Richard Carlin - Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways - Book Michael Asch -  Dom Flemons - Black Cowboys from Smithsonian Folkways Websites: Smithsonian | SF2 | NY Times | Redalyc | Arhoolie | Jstor.com | NPR | Routledge | AllPurposeGuru | NY TIMES 2 | University of Alberta | Haaretz | Folkworks Videos:FAI  Folkways: World of Sound Documentary  Books: Making people's music : Moe Asch and Folkways records - Peter D Goldsmith  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americansongcatcher/support

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 12/16/2024 featuring: Sonya Cohen Cramer “Lowlands” You've Been a Friend to Me (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 5:04 Amythyst Kiah “People's Prayer” Still + Bright (2024 Rounder) 3:47 Matt Sucich “Real Time” Holy Smokes (2023 Five & Dime) 4:17 The Rough & Tumble “Scatter My Bones” Hymns For My Atheist Sister & Her Friends To Sing Along To (2024 Penny Jar) 3:26 Susan Pepper “The Cuckoo” Where the Islands Overflow (2024 Susan Pepper) 2:32 Buffalo Nichols “The Difference” The Fatalist (2023 Fat Possum) 3:28 American Patchwork Quartet “Beneath the Willow” American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine) 3:27 Adeem the Artist “Carry You Down” Anniversary (2024 Four Quarters) 2:28 Sunny War “New Day” Anarchist Gospel (2023 New West) 3:21 Tom Rush “Glory Road” Gardens Old, Flowers New (2024 Appleseed) 2:24 Joe Purdy “Wash Away (Reprise)” Julie Blue (2022 Mudtown Crier) 2:59 Abbie Sawyer “Starshine” Love Is a Flood (2022 Abbie Sawyer) 3:37 Brad Yoder “As Easily As Birds” Somewhere in the Constellation (2024 Brad Yoder) 3:20 Avery Hill “Potholder” The One Who Remembers (2024 Avery Hill) 3:02 Bill Morrissey “Man From Out Of Town” Inside (1992 Rounder) 3:55

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 12/02/2024 featuring: Yasmin Williams “Cliffwalk” Acadia (2024 YazMelodies) 4:44 Adrian Sutherland “Notawe (Father)” Precious Diamonds (2024 Adrian Sutherland) 3:56 Raye Zaragoza “Bittersweet” Hold That Spirit (2023 Rebel River) 3:08 Jerron Paxton “Out in This World” Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:32 The Rough & Tumble “My Atheist Sister” Hymns For My Atheist Sister & Her Friends To Sing Along To (2024 Penny Jar) 3:36 Grayson Capps “Moody River” Heartbreak, Misery & Death (2024 Royal Potato Family) 2:29 The Rough & Tumble “Shallow Fall” Only This Far (2023 The Rough & Tumble) 3:16 The Pine Hearts “Losing You” Lost Love Songs (2022 The Pine Hearts) 3:45 Savannah King “This Dress” The Acoustic Collection (2014 Savannah King) 3:40 Dana Cooper “Beauty and Ruin” The Ghost of Tucumcari (2024 Dana Cooper) 3:50 Tre Burt “Solo” You, Yeah, You (2021 Oh Boy) 3:51 Rhiannon Giddens, Resistance Revival Chorus & Crys Matthews “How I Long for Peace” Single and (2024 Rhiannon Giddens) 4:30

Hello Groovers, Lately I have been listening a lot to really open and spacious music like spiritual and modal jazz and old bluesy folk, thank you Smithsonian Folkways. I am going to take you on a journey of these vibes, but then in the funky Liquid Sunshine style. A strange mix of funk, big beats, house and blues. What!? Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Latyrx - Lost The Feeling Camille Yarbrough - Praise You (Jim Sharp Edit) Freddie Cruger - Rollin' Stone Darondo - Didn't I Olivia Ruff - 90s Baby A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum Renegades of Jazz - Afro Cookie Lack of Afro - The Outsider De La Serge - All Good Peggy Lee - Sneaking Up On You Joe Tex - Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants Alister Johnson - Thinking About My Baby Lou Johnson - The Beat The Wiseguys - Too Easy Crazy P - There's A Better Place Dublex Inc Feat Alice Russel Nicole Willis & Umo Helsinki Jazz Orchestra - Still Got A Way To Fall Timewarp Inc - Yuil Disco Breaks Sola Rosa - Turn Around DJs Choice - The Knife John Milk - Treat Me Right AM & Shawn Lee - Somebody Like You (Loopez Remix) Los Chicos Altos - Mas Que Nada The Gators - Gator Bait Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - My Heart Is Jumping Ekkah - Last Chance to Dance Put on your boogie pants and dancing shoes and come on down for some Liquid Sunshine. It's sexy music, for sexy people. Liquid Sunshine is a weekly radio show on 2XX FM in Australia, and The Face Radio in Brooklyn, USA, playing the best Deep Funk, Rare Groove, Disco & Beats - All The Good Stuff. And we also DJ out in the wild! We regularly do shows in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and along the Australian East Coast. 2022 will see us on the stages of the European summer festivals and in the booths of the European night clubs. We are also a full service law firm to the music industry, providing advice to DJs, Producers, Musicians and Event Organisers. Link up, tune in and shake ya booty with Maarten Vlot - podcast, browse the socials, or get in contact via this link: https://linktr.ee/liquidsunshineradio or Stream live at The Face Radio, The Soul of Brooklyn https://thefaceradio.com every Friday 10pm – Midnite Brooklyn / 3 am – 5am London / 12pm - 2pm Oz

Lately I have been listening a lot to really open and spacious music like spiritual and modal jazz and old bluesy folk, thank you Smithsonian Folkways. I am going to take you on a journey of these vibes, but then in the funky Liquid Sunshine style. A strange mix of funk, big beats, house and blues. What!?For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/liquid-sunshine/Tune into new broadcasts of Liquid Sunshime, Fridays from 10 – Midnight EST / 3 -5 AM GMT(Saturday).//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 10/21/2024 featuring: Carolina Chocolate Drops “Leaving Eden” Leaving Eden (2012 Nonesuch) 4:35 Julian Taylor & Allison Russell “Pathways” Pathways (2024 Howling Turtle) 3:29 Abby Posner “Slowly” Second Chances (2023 Blackbird) 2:45 Jerron Paxton “Things Done Changed” Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 5:15 Amy Speace “Love Is Gonna Come Again” The American Dream (2024 Windbone) 3:35 Cliff Eberhardt “Dreams” Knew Things (2021 Cliff Eberhardt) 2:34 The Kennedys “Late September Breeze” Headwinds (2023 The Kennedys) 3:52 Griffin House “The Guy That Says Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind” Flying Upside Down (2007 Evening) 3:13 Leyla McCalla “Sun Without the Heat” Sun Without the Heat (2024 Anti) 2:46 FJ McMahon “Early Blue” Spirit of the Golden Juice (2020 Anthology) 3:03 Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio” Thunderous Voices” Singin' (2017 Heather Pierson) 3:15 House of Hamill “The Highwayman” Wildfire (2024 Smokejumper) 3:27 Anna Elizabeth Laube “Please Let It Rain in California Tonight” Tree (2016 Anna Elizabeth Laube) 3:15 Benny Bleu “Buffalo Gals” Banjo Jubilations (2024 Benjamin Haravitch) 3:35

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 10/14/2024 featuring: Kelly Hunt “Top of the World” Ozark Symphony (2023 Compass) 4:29 Jerron Paxton “What's Gonna Become of Me” Things Done Changed (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:47 Meredith Moon “Slow Moving Train” Constellations (2023 Meredith Moon) 4:21 Grayson Capps “Early Morning Rain” Heartbreak, Misery & Death (2024 Royal Potato Family) 3:13 Steve Lundquist “Grand Staircase Apostle” The Great Northwest (2024 Steve Lundquist) 4:43 Sunny War “Solitary Hero” My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall (2024 Oh Boy) 4:00 Jubal Lee Young “Traveling Kind” Wild Birds Warble (2024 Jubal Lee Young) 4:04 Kaia Kater “Tigers” Strange Medicine (2024 Kaia Kater) 4:25 Max Minardi “Lonely Road” Stories (2018 Max Minardi) 4:00 Yasmin Williams “Cliffwalk” Acadia (2024 YazMelodies) 4:44 Liz Simmons “Wander Free” Single (2024 Liz Simmons) 3:30 Oliver the Crow “As the Crow Flies” Oliver the Crow (2018 OTC) 3:23

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 10/07/2024 featuring: American Patchwork Quartet “Wayfaring Stranger” American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine) 4:50 Rakish “Lonely Hotel Room” Now, O Now (2024 Rakish) 3:30 The Milk Carton Kids “One True Love” I Only See the Moon (2023 Far Cry) 4:33 Mean Mary “Portrait of a Woman” Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Pt. 2) (2024 MEAN MARY) 3:25 Teni Rane “Small Steps” Goldenrod (2024 Teni Rane) 3:52 Watchhouse “New Star” Watchhouse (2021 Tiptoe Tiger) 3:05 Joy Clark “All Behind” Tell it to the Wind (2024 Joy Clark) 3:23 Kelly Hunt “Evangeline” Ozark Symphony (2023 Compass) 3:45 Peter Mulvey “Mailman” More Notes From Elsewhere (2024 Peter Mulvey) 3:16 Fred Holstein “The Thanksgiving Song” Tribute To Steve Goodman (1995 BMG) 2:52 Queen Esther “When I See You Again” Rona (2023 Queen Esther) 3:14 Michael McDermott “Bradbury Daydream” Lighthouse On The Shore / East Jesus (2024 Pauper Sky) 3:53 Terra Spencer “You've Got A Way” Sunset (2024 Terra Spencer) 2:53 Dom Flemons “Slow Dance with You” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 2:59  

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 09/02/2024 featuring: Dar Williams “When I Was a Boy” The Honesty Room (1994 Dar Williams) 4:46 Claire Lynch “I Give You the Morning” Bluegrass Sings Paxton (2024 Mountain Home) 3:11 Dom Flemons “Nobody Wrote It Down” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:54 Sonya Cohen Cramer “Sidewalk Wildflower” You've Been a Friend to Me (2024 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:46 House of Hamill “Into the Golden” Wildfire (2024 Smokejumper) 4:16 Chuck Brodsky “She's Gone” Letters In the Dirt (1996 Red House) 3:15 The Lucky Nows “Fly Away” Broken Homes and Hearts of Gold (2024 Reed Recording) 2:52 William Prince “When You Miss Someone” Stand in the Joy (2023 Six Shooter) 3:05 Jillian Matundan “You Read My Mind” Singing to the Moon (2024 Jillian Matundan) 3:27 The Way Down Wanderers “Hollow Man” The Way Down Wanderers (2016 The Way Down Wanderers) 3:34 Ordinary Elephant “Thank You” Before I Go (2017 Ordinary Elephant) 1:47 Jen Cork “Maybe Someday” Single (2020 Jen Cork) 6:19 Austin MacRae “Endurance” Single (2024 Austin MacRae) 4:54

The last time I had the privilege of interviewing Rhiannon Giddens it was in 2017 at Edmonton Folk Fest. In the next five years, she became a World star. For example: In October 2017, Giddens was named one of the 2017 class of MacArthur "Genius" Fellows. In 2017 and 2018, Giddens appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the CMT's  In January 2018, Giddens co-produced Songs of Our Native Daughters for Smithsonian Folkways. in early 2018, the Nashville Ballet announced that Rhiannon Giddens has been commissioned to write the music for Lucy Negro, Redux. In 2019, Giddens released two studio albums: Songs of Our Native Daughters  and There Is No Other with Italian musician Francesco Turrisi Giddens earned an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for her lasting impact on the UNCG community and her work in music. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music from Princeton University In other words, the last 5-6 years have been a delightful blur. Thus my first question was …what do you remember of the last 5 years? If anyone is going to change music in her lifetime – it's Rhiannon Giddens!!   Enjoy.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 07/08/2024 featuring: The Brothers Blue “River Rollin'” River Rollin' (2019 The Brothers Blue) 4:45 Natalie Spears “Hymn of Wild Things” Hymn of Wild Things (2024 Natalie Spears) 3:18 Dom Flemons “It's Cold Inside” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:29 Paper Wings “Ashby” Listen to the World Spin (2024 Paper Wings) 3:51 The Honey Badgers “Morning Person” The Earth Turns and So Do We (2024 The Honey Badgers) 3:02 Tom Prasada-Rao “I Don't Know How” The Complete History of Love (Vol 1) (2024 Ahimsa Acoustics) 4:08 Dawn Landes “Cotton Mill Girls” The Liberated Woman's Songbook (2024 FunMachine) 2:14 Jeff Black “The Carnival Song” 20th Century Recordings 1990-1991 (2020 Lotos Nile) 4:33 Spencer LaJoye “Forgiveness” Shadow Puppets (2024 Spencer LaJoye) 2:24 Don Henry “Into a Mall” Don Henry Live At The Bluebird Cafe (2001 American Originals) 4:14 Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton “I Give You the Morning” Rabbit (2022 Misra) 3:31 Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon “Life Before You” Together (2023 Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon) 3:51 Kaia Kater “History in Motion” Strange Medicine (2024 Kaia Kater) 3:10 Ben Bedford “Morning Conversations” The Hermit's Spyglass (2018 Ben Bedford) 1:20

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 06/03/2024 featuring: Sonya Cohen Cramer “Lowlands” You've Been a Friend to Me (1992 Rounder) 5:04 Humbird “Song for the Seeds” Right On (2024 Humbird) 3:21 Jake Blount “Once There Was No Sun” The New Faith (2022 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:21 Sadie Gustafson-Zook “Anyone” Where I Wanna Be (2024 Bridge & Key) 3:49 Crow and Gazelle “These Are the Days” As Above Now so Below (2024 Crow and Gazelle) 3:03 Kim Beggs “Steel and Wool” Steel and Wool (2022 Kim Beggs) 2:41 Dana Cooper “Song For Myself” The Ghost of Tucumcari (2024 Dana Cooper) 3:25 Kim Richey “Chase Wild Horses” Edgeland (2018 Yep Roc) 3:42 LON “My Father” Thankfully Distracted (2022 Lonakot) 4:13 The Dillards “Hey Boys” Wheatstraw Suite (2004 Elektra) 2:26 American Patchwork Quartet “Big Sciota” American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine) 2:41 Leyla McCalla “Sun Without the Heat” Sun Without the Heat (2024 Anti) 2:46 Austin MacRae “Endurance” Single (2024 Austin MacRae) 4:59

Black Spirituals, Field Hollers, and Slave Seculars celebrate Black American Traditional Music and Experience. This show is dedicated to sharing and raising awareness of folklife, songs, dance, scripture, lyrics, and everything related to black Spirituals, Field Hollers, and Slave secular expressions, as well as the coded songs of Black Spirituals that were maps and landmarks for escaping bondage. June 5th, I will be speaking with Eric Crawford, Associate Professor of Musicology, and Peter K. Siegal, Producer and American roots music archivist, about the June 14, 2024, Smithsonian Folkways release “The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert” by Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young. The album is a live recording of a 1965 concert that captured the intersection of Black folk traditions and civil rights activism, produced and hosted by Folklorist Alan Lomax and recorded by Peter K. Siegal. The Liner notes, and essay are written by Eric Crawford, whose research focuses on the rich tradition of Gullah music. Crawford has also written books titled Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands (2021) and Gullah Culture in America (March 2023). Together with Smithsonian Folkways, they have collaborated on presenting a significant album that conserves black expression while introducing these outstanding performances to new audiences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jackdappabluesradio/message

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys at New River Ranch, 13 May 1956, with Rudy Lyle, banjo; Bobby Hicks, fiddle; Joe Stuart, fiddle; Yates Green, guitar; Chick Stripling or Bessie Lee Mauldin, bass. Some other tracks from the concert were included on the Smithsonian Folkways release "Off the Record, Vol. 1," compiled by Ralph Rinzler.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 05/20/2024 featuring: Damn Tall Buildings “My Baby” Sleeping Dogs (2022 Damn Tall Buildings) 4:18 Adeem the Artist “Rotations” Anniversary (2024 Four Quarters) 4:29 Katie Dahl “I Already Knew” Seven Stones (2023 Leaky Boat) 3:37 Ryan David Green “Off and Running” Single (2024 Ryan David Green) 3:21 Dana Cooper “Needless To Say” The Ghost of Tucumcari (2024 Dana Cooper) 3:09 Sunny War “Solitary Hero” My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall (2024 Oh Boy) 4:00 Sadie Gustafson-Zook “Break the Ice” Where I Wanna Be (2024 Bridge & Key) 4:16 Izzy Heltai “All of This Beauty” Single (2023 Izzy Heltai) 2:08 Kaia Kater “Maker Taker” Strange Medicine (2024 Kaia Kater) 3:39 The Honey Dewdrops “Hills of My Home” Silver Lining (2012 The Honey Dewdrops) 4:19 Dom Flemons “Slow Dance with You” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 2:59 Paper Wings “It's Okay” Listen to the World Spin (2024 Paper Wings) 3:53 Wes Collins “Last Saturday” Jabberwockies (2022 Wes Collins) 2:43 Queen Esther “Where Is Home?” Rona (2023 Queen Esther) 2:47

Episode 282: For twenty years, Duluth, MN troubadour Charlie Parr has been touring every corner of the nation, sleeping in his van and living lean, to bring his unique take on the country blues to the people. Reserved, cerebral and devoted entirely to his own vision, he's one of our finest folk artists and a lyricist well worthy of a certain other Minnesota songwriter who so famously blended poetry and the blues. He took a new tack with his latest album on Smithsonian Folkways, tapping producer Tucker Martine and his studio friends for a contemplative and immersive album of ruminations, pictorials, and stories. For someone who's not comfortable in interviews, he spent a convivial hour at my studio and left behind a remarkable conversation.  

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 04/01/2024 featuring: William Prince "Tanqueray" Stand in the Joy (2023 Six Shooter) 4:10 Missy Raines "Looking To You" Highlander (2024 Compass) 4:12 Moors & McCumber "Survival" Survival (2021 M & M) 3:33 Emily Barnes "Mint Condition" Mint Condition (2024 Emily Barnes) 3:41 Arielle Silver "Riverdock at Sunset" Watershed (2023 Arielle Silver) 3:24 No-No Boy "Gimme Chills" 1975 (2021 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:29 Ordinary Elephant "Relic of the Rain" Single (2024 Ordinary Elephant) 3:37 House of Hamill "Ladder to the Sun" Folk Hero (2021 House of Hamill) 3:12 Muhammad Seven & the Spring "Welcome Every Breath" Muhammad Seven & the Spring (2018 Nima Samimi) 3:43 Gurrumul "Marwurrumburr" Gurrumul (2008 Skinnyfish) 3:15 Our Native Daughters "I Knew I Could Fly" Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:39 American Patchwork Quartet "Big Sciota" American Patchwork Quartet (2024 American Patchwork Quartet) 2:41 David Francey "One Day" The Breath Between (2023 Laker Music) 3:19 Sunny War "Lucid Lucy" Simple Syrup (2021 Sunny War) 3:37

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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight's show Powerleegirls hosts Miko Lee & Jalena Keane-Lee highlight the annual Day of Remembrance. They speak with Chair Jeff Matsuoka and youth leader KC Mukai. APEX Express is a proud member of Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality – AACRE. APEX EXPRESS TRANSCRIPT 2/15/24 SHOW Day of Remembrance 2024: Carrying the Light for Justice – Finding Our Way Home Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:00:34] Good evening. You're tuned in to Apex Express. We are bringing you an Asian and Asian American perspective from the Bay and around the world we're your hosts, Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee, the PowerLeeGirls, a mother daughter team. Tonight we're focused on the annual Day of Remembrance. February 19th is a significant date for the Japanese American community. On this day in 1942, president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066, which gave the United States army the authority to remove civilians from their homes during World War 2. Over 120,000 Japanese Americans and 3,000 Japanese Latin Americans were forced into concentration camps scattered in desolate, remote regions of the country. No Japanese Americans or Latin Americans wherever charged of espionage or sabotage against the United States. Yet they were targeted, rounded up and imprisoned for years. Every February, the Japanese American community commemorates Executive Order 9066 as a reminder of the impact the incarceration experience has had on our families, our community and our country. During this present time of genocide in Palestine, it is critical to educate others on the fragility of civil liberties in times of crisis and the importance of remaining vigilant in protecting the rights and freedoms of all. Never again, means never again for anyone. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:01:59] Next up, listen to “Kenji” by Fort minor, the band created by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda. This is a song about Mike's father and his family that was incarcerated at Manzanar. SONG Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:05:42] That was Mike Shinoda's “Kenji” based upon his family story at Manzanar. Miko Lee: [00:05:47] Welcome Jeff Matsuoka, chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Organizing Committee of the Day of Remembrance. Welcome to Apex Express. Jeff Matsuoka: [00:05:56] Thank you very much, Miko. It's great to be here. Thanks for inviting me. Miko Lee: [00:05:59] For people that don't know, can you give an overview about what the Day of Remembrance is all about? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:06:07] Sure. Yes. The Day of Remembrance is an annual event that we've been holding actually now for 45 years. This would be our 45th Day of Remembrance event and really what it's commemorating is the signing of EO9066. This is an executive order signed by President Franklin Dela Roosevelt on February 19th, 1942. And essentially what this did was it essentially empowered the military authorities, the US Army authorities, to essentially evict all Japanese Americans living in what's called the West Coast Evacuation Zones. So once again, this is right after Pearl Harbor, and what what was happening was the government feared basically Japanese Americans as collaborators with, of course, the Japanese and of course, there's no evidence as it turns out that was true, but nonetheless what happened was all citizens are all really inhabitants of Japanese ancestry, whether they were citizens or not, were evicted from their homes on the West Coast and sent to concentration camps deep in the Midwest or certainly very far away from the coast. And they said it was for our own safety, but of course there are a lot of factors there that were probably beyond safety that caused all this to happen. Of course, there's a lot of racism and a lot of also discrimination against Japanese Americans. And the bombing of Pearl Harbor and, of course, the signing of Executive Order 9066 resulted in the evacuation of our community, and it served many different purposes. One of, one being that, of course, it created, it served economic purpose for the people who did not want to see Japanese workers, Japanese American workers, for instance, competing for jobs. So there's a lot of, there's a lot of factors behind that, but the end result was that the civil rights of Japanese Americans were trampled on and they were evicted from their homes and they essentially spent the rest of the war sitting in these concentration camps far away from home. And of course, is this injustice that we want to remember every year for the Day of Remembrance. Of course, the other factor of the story as well is that, of course, we also celebrate redress. Of course redress didn't happen until, the 70s and 80s, but eventually Japanese Americans gained redress through the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of [1988], and by that, time, of course, many of the evacuees had passed away, but nonetheless, for those who were still alive at the time, they were entitled to a, to monetary compensation and a apology, actually, from the government for their unjust incarceration during the war. So we also want to lift that up as well, in that it was a celebration, it's a commemoration of the fact that we were in fact compensated by the government for that injustice. Miko Lee: [00:08:46] Jeff, can you share a little bit about your personal connection with the incarceration? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:08:52] My mother's family actually were Japanese Peruvians. They actually lived in Lima, Peru, which of course is the capital of Peru. And a little known, part of the whole sort of Japanese evacuation. I also reached down to South America and my mother's family, I predict my grandfather was actually taken by by the FBI from Peru, and they, were interned in a, separate system of camps called the Department of Justice camps, and they ended up in Crystal City, Texas, which was a maximum security concentration camp run by The Immigration Naturalization service. So my connection is a little bit different from those whose ancestors were born or who lived here in the United States itself. Since my family actually were, From peru. And they only spoke Spanish and Japanese. They didn't really speak English when they came here. Miko Lee: [00:09:39] Jeff, thank you so much for sharing a piece of the story of Japanese Latin Americans that were incarcerated. I talked about that at the beginning of the episode, over 3,000 Japanese Latin Americans, and we actually have a whole episode and a curriculum that's based on that in our series, Never Again. So I'll put a link to that in the show notes. Jeff, can you also talk about your experience growing up with the Day of Remembrance? What was the first one you attended? Now you're the chair and you've been the chair for a bit, but what was your first Day of Remembrance and how does that stick in with your family history? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:10:17] I actually attended what's called the Peru Kai Reunions. These were reunions of many of the Peruvian Japanese who were kidnapped from their countries, and they had reunions, interestingly enough. But my first really day of remembrance didn't really come until maybe around, 2010, our San Francisco Bay Area Day of Remembrance, the, one of the, one of the groups that are always represented is the Japanese Latin Americans, that's how I got involved with learning more about the Bay Area Day of Remembrance. I got involved somewhat late but nonetheless, after I understood about what's going on, what happened basically in the United States itself that really piqued my interest to see whether, we could tell the story, to the American public, because I think this is a really, very important, story that Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans can tell to the American experience here. Miko Lee: [00:11:06] Every year there's a different theme, and in every area there's a different theme. This year we're focused on the Bay Area with you, and the theme for this year is Carrying the Light for Justice – Finding Our Way Home. Can you share a little bit about where that theme came from, and what does it mean to you? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:11:23] Yes. We want to actually talk about the injustices that were wrought on Japanese Americans, as well as, the redress which was a, which tried to correct those injustices. I think another part of DOR is, our experience as Japanese Americans having been, incarcerated unjustly and having also won redress from the government for those injustices gives us kind of a unique platform from which we can, also illuminate some of the struggles of our sisters and brothers, who have also suffered similar injustices in the United States. When October 7th happened, and the war in the Mideast between Israel and the Palestinian people flared up again, the committee members realized that this was something that our community had to come to grips with. So our sub theme this year, Finding Our Way Home you know, has to do with the fact that we need to try to understand a little bit more I feel about the plight of the Palestinian people who, in fact, had their homes essentially taken from them. There is a parallel there, obviously, with the Japanese American experience here, where many people lost their homes or had their properties expropriated taken over by the government or by other people. We feel that we need to have a better understanding, basically, and we need to also stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, because, and we also need to educate our, audience, which are mainly Japanese Americans, as to the, as to the parallels, between the plight of the Palestinian people that are, that they are undergoing right now, and plight of our people who, you know, who were definitely very much discriminated against and, had their human rights trampled on during the war. So this is another Aspect of DOR I believe that we need to also emphasize. DOR is many things, but I think what it really is, it really is a commemorative and educational event, certainly, but also, it does have an advocacy function as well. The theme kind of embraces that idea of home. We all want to go home and that's what certainly the people in the concentration camps felt during World War II and I'm sure that's what the Palestinian people are feeling as well. Miko Lee: [00:13:23] And how will this support and understanding of what's going on in Palestine show up at the event this year? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:13:32] We're very fortunate to have as our keynote speaker, Reverend Michael Yoshi. He's a retired minister of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church. Michael, for many years he's had a ministry with a village in the West Bank Wadi Fukin, and actually in past DORs, he has reported about his experiences there, and he's also invited members of the villagers of Wadi Fukin to come and visit the United States. He, I believe, is uniquely positioned to speak about these parallels that I'm talking about between the JAA incarceration and what's going on in Palestine, in Gaza and the West Bank today. And also he's uniquely, I think, respected in our community, and he has, he's worked very diligently, he's very highly respected in our JAA community, and I believe that he will be a really great speaker to help us educate to fulfill our educational function of, trying to try to tell us what's going on really there in Palestine. We have, I think, in the United States, a very kind of blinkered view of what's going on, and I think, I believe we need to rectify that view. And I believe, as I say, Reverend Yoshi, who has had, he's been there, he has talked to people there. I believe he is really the best speaker that we could have imagined for our theme this year. So we're really happy to have Reverend Michael Yoshi to be our keynote speaker. Miko Lee: [00:14:53] That sounds great. One of the things I've been really Noticing is how young folks in our community are really vocal about their support for the Palestinians. I'm wondering if you've noticed a difference In the young people that are part of the movement and how they organize and how they utilize their activism versus folks of our generations. Jeff Matsuoka: [00:15:15] Yeah, so of course it's very interesting, of course, the younger generation, they certainly have a proficiency with technology, in particular, social media. And that's something that I think our generation lacks, or we're not as proficient at, using those tools, they're actually able to amplify their message in a way that our generation really at least don't think we really can do. Their reach is much more widespread, I believe, as a result. What really impresses me about the young people, though, is, how as you mentioned, how fervent their advocacy is. Thing is, they're, some of them are really much more ardent, in my opinion, on this cause than people of my generation have shown. So I believe we can learn something from them and I'm really happy that we have some young people on our committee who are really helping us try to try as oldsters to try to understand how best we can bring out this message to the American community and to our community for that matter. Miko Lee: [00:16:11] That's great. And we'll hear more about that later in the episode with KC Mukai, who actually developed a youth organizing committee that's part of the work of JACL and DOR, I believe. So I'm excited to hear more about that. Can you tell us about this Year's Clifford I. Uyeda Peace and Humanitarian Awardee? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:16:32] Yes, our awardee this year is Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, and, she is actually a professor at San Francisco State University, and, she has for many years actually been very supportive of our JA Advocacy. She's been a candle lighter at our, at our, at previous, of Remembrance events. She is the Director of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State And she has won many awards. One thing that we really want to emphasize for this year's award is the fact that, we are talking about, the situation in Palestine. The committee felt that it was appropriate to have Dr. Albdulhadi be the awardee given all the work that she's been doing basically to promote Palestinian understanding, both in the educational aspects as well as in advocacy as well. So we feel that she's very well deserving of the Clifford I. Uyeda. Peace and Humanitarian award. And we're very happy that I understand that she will be there in person to accept the award. So we're very, we're looking forward to seeing her at our event. Miko Lee: [00:17:37] Can you give us a little background about the award and what it represents? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:17:44] Yes, the Clifford I. Uyeda award is named after Dr. Clifford I. Uyeda, actually. He was a San Francisco pediatrician, he was also an activist, a lifelong really activist in the Japanese American community. He was active in the JACL. He was very instrumental in starting the, one of the, one of the founders of the redress movement when he was president, actually, the national JACL. Also Dr. Clifford was a man who, you know really was a person of tremendous, I think, courage in the sense that he was man of principle. He took positions, which I think, could have alienated him from even other Japanese or Japanese Americans. For instance, he was very much an advocate for recognizing the Japanese government's involvement or complicity in the rape of Nanking, for instance. And he was very, yes, he was definitely very courageous in taking positions that other people in our community really felt uncomfortable actually taking positions on. When he passed away in 2004, the Day of Remembrance Committee decided to create the Clifford I. Uyeda Award to honor his memory as well as to commemorate or to honor individuals who are activists in the same vein as Dr. Uyeda was. Courageous path breakers basically in our community and also outside of community for social justice and inclusion and yeah, we're very happy that Dr. Albdulhadi is this year's Clifford I. Uyeda award winner. Miko Lee: [00:19:12] I hear what you're saying about how important it is for our community, for Japanese Americans to understand this history and to recognize it and connect it with things that are happening today. Why is it important for non-Japanese Americans to understand about the Day of Remembrance? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:19:29] First of all, I'm sorry to say this, most non-Japanese don't even know about EO966 or the internment of Japanese Americans. As time goes on the American public sort of forgets things, and this is one of those things that really can't be forgotten because obviously what happens when you forget history is you repeat history, and that's what's happening. I think, for the non Japanese community, the lessons that were learned from the incarceration of Japanese Americans, in the sense that, it was an unjust incarceration that civil rights were, in fact, trampled on, and that, in fact, the government apologized for those injustices and they actually compensated, our community. These are things that I think the American public needs to know because if they forget, and unfortunately I believe they are forgetting, then those same injustices will be perpetrated again among other, to other communities and the cycle will continue. So this is a very valuable lesson and particularly now given the political atmosphere here in this country. This is a very important lesson that needs to be taught and understood as to what the implications of government actions like this have basically on people, if our, of our certainly has affected our community but we can look at other examples of other communities that have been similarly impacted. And I believe those lessons have been lost or forgotten in those cases. The Day of Remembrance is really more important than it ever has been. Miko Lee: [00:20:56] Thank you so much Jeff Matsuoka for joining us. We will put a link in our website to the Day of Remembrance events that are happening all over the country. But Jeff, can you give us more details about the Bay Area Day of Remembrance that's happening February 17th from 2 to 4? Where is it and what will people experience when they go to it? Jeff Matsuoka: [00:21:14] Yes, thanks, Miko. Yes, the San Francisco Bay Area Day of Remembrance will take place as you mentioned on Saturday, February 17th from 2 to 4PM. It's going to be at the AMC Kabuki 8 theaters. That's 1881 Post Street in San Francisco's Japantown. And we'll have, of course, the keynote speaker, Reverend Yoshi, but, another important part, a very commemorative part of our, Day of Remembrance is the candle lighting ceremony, where we actually honor the internees of the ten War Relocation Authority camps, as well as the DOJ Department of Justice camp, with a candle lighting ceremony, and that's always the highlight of the event. A very you know, commemorative and contemplative and very actually emotional, event where we commemorate the all the internees who were unjustly incarcerated and, following the event we're actually going to have a procession through Japantown, going from the theater to a reception, which should be held at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California and that's on Center street. So we hope you can join us. It should be should be a really, meaningful and important event Miko Lee: [00:22:18] And that candlelight procession is quite beautiful. It is wheelchair accessible so people can leave the Kabuki theater and basically walk around the corner. And it's a lovely commemoration and recognition of a horrible event that happened in these United States. But we're working to remember them so that we can make sure that they don't happen again. Thank you so much, Jeff, for joining us on Apex Express. Jeff Matsuoka: [00:22:42] Thank you very much for having me. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:22:46] Next up listen to Nobuko Miyamoto's “Gaman.” MUSIC Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:29:07] That was “Gaman” from Nobuko Miyamoto's Smithsonian Folkways album, 120,000 Stories. Nobuko was one of the many women's stories that haven't been highlighted until now. Miko Lee: [00:29:19] You are listening to 94.1 KPFA and 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley, 88.1 KFCF in Fresno, 97.5 K248BR in Santa Cruz, 94.3 K232FZ in Monterey, and online worldwide at kpfa.org. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:29:48] All right. Welcome KC Mukai to Apex Express. I think this is the first time that we've had the reigning Cherry Blossom Queen on our show, so it's so great to have you here. Thank you so much for joining us. KC Mukai: [00:30:02] Oh my gosh, yes, thank you so much for having me. It's an honor. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:30:07] So can you tell us a little bit about being the Cherry Blossom Queen, like what did it feel like to win that honor, and how did you find out about the pageant? KC Mukai: [00:30:16] Well, I've always been involved in the Japanese American community growing up, going to Buddhist temples and participating in Girl Scouts. But when I came to the Bay for college, I was really searching for community. So I got involved with an internship program called Nikkei Community Internship in Japantown, and then that put me in contact with the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. And from there, I decided to apply for the Queen Program, because it really valued female leadership, especially within the community. And it's been an amazing, amazing year so far, and I'm actually almost rounding out the end of it for the next court to come in in April. But, yeah, it's truly been such an amazing and beautiful journey with the court. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:31:02] That's so wonderful. What are some of the highlights of your year with the court so far? KC Mukai: [00:31:09] Yeah, I would definitely say some of the highlights have been me participating in, you know, events that I grew up with, such as Obon getting to go to San Jose Obon and also Concord. Really being a part of the community there. I would also say a highlight has been just going to different community organization fundraisers the JCCCNC and Japantown as well as Kamochi and other organizations that, you know, are really critical for keeping Japantown thriving. It's been an honor to meet leaders from there and be able to see, you know, the blood, sweat and tears that really goes behind producing and helping the community thrive. And then I think, of course, getting to meet just such wonderful, wonderful and amazing women in this community not only from my current core, but also Hawaii and Nisei Week have similar festivals and programs. And so getting to meet and bond with them and just really seeing that, you know, women are the cultural keepers of our community the Japanese American community and it's really important to keep those ties close and really, really help them to grow. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:32:26] Oh, I love that. What are some of the things that sparked your interest in Japanese American community organizing and culture bearing? KC Mukai: [00:32:39] Some of the things that inspired me, particularly in my organizing sense is definitely having, being part of the Japanese American community and I have grandparents and great grandparents and family that were among the 125,000 people of Japanese descent that were incarcerated during World War II because they were deemed a national security threat. And so because of that tie to incarceration and injustice and the fact that, you know, my great grandparents lost their livelihood and my grandparents lost their youth and kind of that community sense lost a grasp of their identity and security I ground my organizing work in kind of a lot of making sure that that injustice doesn't happen to other communities today or at least advocating for that. And I think being a cultural keeper it's growing up and being part of temples and community spaces. I got a chance to see how the women of my community and like the Obachans or the grandmas would come out and dedicate so much of their lives to keeping our temples and organizations afloat in terms of, you know, coming out early and bringing food staying till late hours cleaning up, leading the organizations on the board and stepping up for leadership positions. And it's because of those role models and that ancestral history that I continue to feel today, like, it's important to get involved in my community and also speak up for injustice. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:34:18] Thank you so much for sharing that. Tonight's show is focused on the Day of Remembrance. Can you share a little bit about how the Day of Remembrance has been recognized in your family? KC Mukai: [00:34:30] Yeah, so in my family I'm half Japanese and half Chinese, and my Japanese side, my family has always. recognized Day of Remembrance as an important holiday within our community, specifically because of its importance to recognizing incarceration and what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II. I grew up in the Central Valley in Fresno area and the surrounding towns and being able to recognize the Day of Remembrance and kind of tie it back to my own, personal tie with this, and then also connecting it to what is happening in the world today, that's always been kind of an important keynote of, of the time. So my family, in particular, my Japanese side was incarcerated at Poston and Gila River and then they resettled back in the bay, but then my pod moved out to central California to live on a cherry farm. We always understood that despite this being kind of a historic event, the themes of injustice and exclusion, and human rights are still very much applicable to what we see happening in the world today. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:35:55] Can you talk with us about the theme of this year's Bay Area event for Day of Remembrance, Carrying the Light for Justice – Finding Our Way Home? KC Mukai: [00:36:04] Yeah, so the theme for this year's Day of Remembrance has to do with Palestine and what we see happening in the Middle East. We chose Palestine to be your theme because we think that it's an important moment to not only share and educate what is happening with our community, but also to bring our community in and raise consciousness. We chose this topic because of course it's very urgent and very timely as, as we speak, there is still not a ceasefire in Palestine and we wanted to do all we could to really highlight the issue and center the Palestinian community and really be an ally. Japanese Americans, we know from our own history, the importance of protecting human rights and civil rights and civil liberties, since these were, of course, stripped away from us during America's World War II incarceration camps. And so, seeing then the destruction of, you know, Palestinian communities really speaks to us as Japanese Americans because we also faced the destruction of our own communities, you know, in our homes and our businesses and our farms are taken away. And also we were denied our education, our health care, our cultural rights and of course, other infringements of civil rights and basic human rights. We very much see this, and recognize the same things happening in Palestine. However, with that being said, I think our DOR committee also recognizes that not all of our community is in the same place in terms of education and understanding of this work and we want to be cognizant of that. So part of our programming is we're inviting Reverend Michael Yoshi, who's a very respected pastor within the United Methodist Church who has been doing work alongside an allyship with Palestine for a while. And we're inviting him as a respected member of our community to come and speak and share a bit about why he sees the Japanese American experience aligning with the Palestinian experience. On top of having Reverend Michael Yoshi, we're also inviting a few of our Nikkei organizations in the community to come and table and just be there to help educate. There's a growing collective called Nikkei for Palestine that has recently formed that has been trying to push our community to be more active and organized. So Nikkei for Palestine, alongside Tsuru for Solidarity is hoping to show up and also just help bring our community into the work. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:38:46] That's so great. Thank you so much for doing that. And I feel like it really brings the phrase of never again into the present and also emphasizing that never again doesn't just mean for our own community, but it means for anyone and everyone in the world. So thank you so much for making those intersectional connections. And I know you mentioned Nikkei for Palestine and Tsuru for Solidarity. And so I was just curious if you could talk a little bit about the different kind of community organizing groups that you're a part of. KC Mukai: [00:39:21] Yeah, sure I'd love to share. So I think importantly is probably Nikkei for Palestine collective that I have been doing work in and we are a growing collective that formed out of a kind of initial meeting held by Nikkei resistors in the Bay Area that sought to kind of gather others who were really seeing the destruction and loss of life happening in Palestine and really wanting to organize around that.And so Nikkei for Palestine has been doing several things, including trying to push the JACL or the Japanese American Citizens League to speak up. We've also been holding weekly power hours for our Nikkei community to call on our Japanese American representatives to speak up. We've also been doing educational work, and putting together packets and toolkits and so that's Nikkei for Palestine. Other than Nikkei for Palestine, I'm of course involved as the Queen of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival and on top of that, I also do work with Tsuru for Solidarity as their current fundraiser chair. And alongside doing my fundraising role in Tsuru, I'm also on the Police, Prisons, and Detention Working Group, and currently in Tsuru for Solidarity is actually planning for a big action in Tacoma, Washington. We're organizing, to shut down the Northwest Detention Center, which, is a detention center, holding individuals that have been facing very bleak, human rights violations, in terms of not getting adequate food, having, water pipes burst in the detention center and they've actually been going on hunger strike, the individuals within this detention center have been trying to strike in their own way, and so we're hoping to do a big protest upcoming on our Day of Remembrance, actually, for February 16th. And then past that, we're also doing a big action at the end of April, in the last weekend of April. Yeah, those are some of the groups that I organize with today. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:41:32] That's great. Thank you so much for sharing. And when it comes to, you know, growing up and becoming a woman in the world today and just everything that we're faced with when it comes to genocide and mass incarceration, both in the present and in the past, I'm curious, what are some of the things that that bring you hope and that remind you that You know, there is so much to fight for and to work for. KC Mukai: [00:42:03] I think some things that give me hope are intergenerational conversations. I think oftentimes within organizing work and can get. We tend to pigeonhole ourselves within like this one moment without realizing that we're part of a larger landscape and in a larger history of people that have been doing this work for a long time. So it makes me very hopeful and grateful to see elders that have been in this work for a long time getting involved and sharing their knowledge as well as younger folk and children also sharing and being part of the movement today. Recently I went to a ceasefire banner drop at the Buddhist Church of Oakland and there they had some of their Dharma school students actually speak up and share why ceasefire is important to them and they were leading the chants. And, as you know, going out to protest today, we often see young children out there right there with us. And I think that is so inspiring that despite all of the violence and that we see in the world today, that we're still able to have these moments of true community and true passing down of knowledge and being able to see that there is a future. I think something else that also gives me hope is cultivating spaces like some of the community groups I've been a part of, I think, especially like Tsuru and Nikkei for Palestine. Being able to have honest conversations with each other — I think it can be hard to organize especially when you're organizing against something that seems so insurmountable and then conflict often comes to that, but it's been hopeful to see the ways in which my community is able to push past, I guess, the ties of what bounds us to punitive and carceral measures in terms of like, if I don't agree with you, I'm going to shun you. And it's been encouraging to see spaces where this is rethought and how can we creatively work in and organize together in a space without and recognize that we may have differences, but that we're all in this work together and push forward from that. And so I think those have definitely kept me going in these moments. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:44:34] And yes, we love intergenerational connections and organizing and activism, and I was wondering if you see any differences in organizing amongst our generation and our parents and our grandparents generations. KC Mukai: [00:44:48] Wow, that's a great question. Yeah, I would say something, like, I would definitely say something that I've noticed is different is that kind of abolitionist look at relationships in terms of, I feel like, in my parents and grandparents generation, there's often, and especially within the community, there's often this need to, like, disagreement is never completely dealt with, or it's definitely like more shamed upon or kind of the ways that we treat each other are, you know, not as like creative as we want it to be. And so what I see in this future generation is this. It's kind of, you know, hope to be more intentional with each other, especially under an understanding, like the work needs to be done and how can we get past this small moment of conflict and be able to see the larger picture. I would also say like in terms of organizing itself I think it's been cool to see how, I guess social media plays a role in our organizing spaces. Especially I was just on a call with an elder last night and she was sharing about her work getting involved in the Vietnam War and how from their perspective, they weren't able to get like the real time information about the atrocities happening during war like we are during this time, and being able to see, you know, the amount of destruction happening in Palestine. So I think that, you know, the social media part of it and how fast media can move is playing to our benefit, but also, you know, also our demise in some way. And so, yeah, I think those two things are definitely some differences I see in our generations. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:46:45] Thank you. If there's someone out there listening who's not sure how to get involved in community and community organizing, and maybe not sure that their voice matters or could make any sort of impact, what would you say to them? KC Mukai: [00:47:04] Yeah, if there's someone, I think if there's someone out there listening that, you know, is maybe struggling with, seeing how their voice and their position in this matters, I would say to them that it's important to think about yourself, not just as an individual, but as part of a whole. I lean on the practice of interdependence, which is a teaching in Buddhism, which teaches us that we are all connected to each other and what I say and what I do has an impact upon others around me. And I think it's important to understand that movements get started because of a person and another person and another person joining and thinking about the, I guess, vastness of organizing work. It's important to really, while as complicated as it is, it's important to sometimes simplify it for yourselves and just say that, hey, like, I can start my own movement in my own way. I recently heard or was reminded of the way that, redress or redress for the Japanese American community kind of got steam within our community and eventually got passed in Congress. And it started with, you know, one person just keeping standing up at these JACL meetings. And for 10 years, he came to JACL National Convention and he kept arguing that we as Japanese Americans need to bring redress into Congress and because of his work, it eventually passed as a national resolution in JACL and that's when JACL got involved and really helped to push it with Congress, and that's how we got redress and that was such a long timeline and I think it's important to remember stories like that and stories of how movements are started to encourage us. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:49:15] Absolutely. And speaking of JACL, could you talk with us about your development of a district youth board for JACL? KC Mukai: [00:49:26] Yeah, so I started the district youth board of the NCWNP district youth board, two years ago because I became the NCWNP, which is the Northern California, Western Nevada Pacific District, youth rep.And because of that position, my governor asked if I could, you know, really get a hold on this, this youth leadership. And so with her guidance, and my, I guess, ambition and drive, I brought together 6 of us, to form the 1st District Youth Board in the JACL, and we were able to build out programming and youth events and intergenerational events and get a grant to help send people to national convention as well as other projects all within our first year. And so it was very, very, very great especially for building the leadership pipeline within JACL we were able to help some of our youth members get on to leadership positions within our district council and also as chapter presidents and because of that, it helps to diversify, I guess, the outlook of of JACL in terms of what JACL is passionate about what it's able to speak on. And so I'm very, very proud of that district youth board. But since then, I have stepped off as one of the founders and so my co-founders Bruce Arao and Halle Sousa have been really, really doing such a great job with district youth board. And taking it to places I never thought I would go. So I think it's all been great getting to watch them do that. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:51:27] That's wonderful. Thank you. Is there anything else that you'd like to add about the Day of Remembrance or about anything else that you have going on? KC Mukai: [00:51:38] Yeah. So I'd like to add, I'm also involved in a growing organization that we just founded called JAYA, which is the Japanese American Youth Alliance. And our goal is to connect all of the Nikkei youth organizations within the Bay and NorCal and Northern California together to help do like youth programming and also kind of serve as a bridge between collegiate organizations and then young adult organizations. And so because of that work with JAYA, we're actually holding our own Day of Remembrance event, and it's in conjunction with the Bay Area DOR. But it will be happening right before Bay Area DOR's, which will be in the morning around 11 AM, and we're holding it at the JCYC in San Francisco, Japantown, this event will, be more of an opportunity for youth to come together to talk about why Day of Remembrance is important. We'll also be talking about Palestine and solidarity with Palestine and so if there's any youth listening who are interested in coming, we definitely would like to see you there. And then afterwards, after our youth one, we'll be joining the Bay Area DOR one at Kabuki Theater. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:52:26] That's great. Thank you so much for sharing. And we will link to more information on that in our show notes too. KC Mukai: [00:53:02] Okay. Wonderful. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:53:06] Is there anything else that you'd like to add or share? KC Mukai: [00:53:08] Just thank you so much for having me. And this was such a great opportunity to share a little bit about my work, but also the larger work of the Japan town and Japanese American community. So thank you so much. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:53:19] Thank you so much. It was so lovely getting to talk with you and it's really inspiring all the different work that you're doing and, uh, Nikkei for Palestine sounds really awesome too. KC Mukai: [00:53:29] Thank you, thank you. Miko Lee: [00:53:31] There are events happening this weekend for Day of Remembrance, all over the country. So for the community calendar, I'm going to give you a little bit of an update. To find out more about what's happening for Day of Remembrance in your community check out the Japanese American Citizen League's website to look at the regional events at JACL.org. In the Bay Area where many of us are located. This Friday night from 6 to 9:00 PM there's going to be a day of remembrance student celebration at UC Berkeley's Stephen's Lounge. And then the next day on February 17th in the Bay Area will be the Bay Area Day of Remembrance that we talked to both of our guests tonight about. It's called Carrying the Light for Justice – Finding Our Way Home to commemorate the Executive Order 9066. It will be at AMC Kabuki 8 theater on 1881 Post St, and then a beautiful candlelight procession through the streets of Japantown to a reception at the Japanese Cultural [and Community Center] on 1840 Sutter. Everyone is welcome and it's wheelchair accessible. Also February 17th from 2 to 4, if you are in Los Angeles, the Day of Remembrance is called Rooted in Resistance: Fighting for Justice during World War II, reinforces the importance of standing up for justice in times of great moral crisis. From the draft resisters and the No-No Boys to those who protested through quiet hunger strikes or chanting crowds, resistance has taken many forms since World War II and we will hear truth and testimony from those who remember and honor these stories. Some of the speakers include Diana Tsuchida, Kyoko Oda, Tak Hoshizaki, and Soji Kashiwagi. On Monday, February 19th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM is the Day of Remembrance in San Jose. And then the following weekend, Saturday and Sunday, February 24 and 25, there will be films all about the Day of Remembrance at the Kabuki and San Francisco. And then in San Jose at the Betsuin Buddhist church. Again, to find out more what's happening in your community check out JACL.org. And remember so that we don't repeat the harms of the past. Thank you very much.   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:55:54] Next up we hear “Summer of '42” by Kishi Bashi from the album Omoiyari. Even though Kishi and his family immigrated to the US post-World War II, he created this album to address the current political climate. He felt that the talk of walls and bans on immigrants recalls the same sort of fears that sparked the internment camps after Pearl Harbor in 1941. Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:56:18] That was “Summer of '42” by Kishi Bashi. Miko Lee: [00:59:14] Please check out our website, kpfa.org to find out more about the Day of Remembrance and the guests that we spoke to. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Cheryl Truong, Hien Nguyen, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Nate Tan, Paige Chung, Preti Mangala-Shekar, and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by Miko Lee and edited by Ayame Keane-Lee. Have a great night.           The post APEX Express – 2.15.24 – Carrying the Light for Justice appeared first on KPFA.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 02/05/2024 featuring: Rachael Kilgour “How I Was Made My” Father Loved Me (2023 Rachael Kilgour) 5:00 Muhammad Seven & the Spring “The Moon” Single (2024 Nima Samimi) 4:34 Raye Zaragoza “Heavy Hearts Club” Hold That Spirit (2023 Rebel River) 3:08 The Milk Carton Kids “Wheels & Levers” I Only See the Moon (2023 Far Cry) 4:38 Joe Crookston “Look for Trouble” Nine Becomes One Chapter 7 (Time Become) (2024 Joe Crookston) 3:35 Lizzie No “Scared” Single (2020 Lizzie No) 3:28 Buffalo Nichols “The Difference” The Fatalist (2023 Fat Possum) 3:28 Cricket Blue “I Hope You Never Think of Me” Single (2024 Cricket Blue) 3:00 Jessye DeSilva “Proud and Lonely” Renovations (2023 1186047 Records) 3:48 Mossy Kilcher “Rainfall” Northwind Calling (1977 Mossy Kilcher) 2:11 Matt Sucich “Waste It” Holy Smokes (2023 Five & Dime) 3:35 Heather Miller “You Are Not Alone” Count it in Moons (2023 Purplemoor) 3:23 Dom Flemons “Saddle It Around” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:40 Crys Matthews & Heather Mae “The Bigger Picture” Live at the Kerrville Folk Festival 2023 (2023 Crys Matthews & Heather Mae) 3:41

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 12/25/2023 featuring: Moors & McCumber “Caged Bird” Live From Blue Rock (2021 M & M) 4:56 Ben Sollee “Pieces of You” Ben Sollee and Kentucky Native (2017 Soundly) 3:46 Gretchen Peters “She Even Woke Me up to Say Goodbye” The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury (2020 Scarlet Letter) 3:42 Dave Richardson “Traveling so Far” Carry Me Along (2018 Dave Richardson) 4:32 Deidre McCalla “Amaryllis” Endless Grace (2022 Deidre McCalla) 3:32 William Elliott Whitmore “Who Stole the Soul” Animals in the Dark (2008 Anti) 3:25 Wren “Come Back River” Pink Stone: Songs from Moose Lodge (2021 Laura Adrienne Brady) 4:06 Garrett Wieland “To Carry Rain (For Townes)” What Keeps the Heart Afloat (2021 Garrett Wieland) 3:36 Low Lily “Captivate Me” Angels in the Wreckage (2023 Low Lily) 3:37 Dom Flemons “Saddle It Around” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:40 Ellis Delaney “The Finest Adventure” Ordinary Love (2020 Ellis Delaney) 3:50 Austin MacRae “Breathing Room” New Weather (2023 Austin MacRae) 5:06 Annalise Emerick “This Love Won't Break Your Heart” Starry-Eyed (2011 Annalise Emerick) 4:48

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 12/18/2023 featuring: Malcolm MacWatt North “Atlantic Summer” Settler (2021 Need To Know) 5:01 Sadie Gustafson-Zook “Lean In More” Sin of Certainty (2021 BGZ Sounds) 3:50 Jayme Stone “Drunken Hiccups” Jayme Stone's Folklife (2017 Jayme Stone) 2:54 The Bombadils “Losing Track of Time” Dear Friend (2022 The Bombadils) 5:15 Our Native Daughters “I Knew I Could Fly” Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:41 Last Year's Man “Time Brings Change” Time Is a Sparrow (2022 Last Year's Man) 3:21 Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears “Seasons Change” Just over the Ridge (2021 Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears) 4:06 Austin MacRae “Good Things Come” New Weather (2023 Austin MacRae) 4:21 Shawna Caspi “Celebrate” Hurricane Coming (2021 Shawna Caspi) 2:59 Joe Crookston “To Keep You Warm” Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee (2011 Joe Crookston) 2:42 Bethel Steele “I Like You” Shadows and Light (2015 Bethel Steele) 3:20 Chuck Brodsky “Rachel's Guitar” Tell Tale Heart (2015 Chuck Brodsky) 3:46 Rachael Sage “Revelation Ground” Revelation Ground (2022 MPress) 3:26 Jake Blount “Once There Was No Sun” The New Faith (2022 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:21

Sickness Diary - an exploration of chronic illness and disability justice with interdisciplinary artist Anna RGIn this seventh episode of Season 2, Kyla-Rose speaks with artist Anna RG, about her navigation of chronic illness, since contracting COVID in the early days of the pandemic. Anna, who lives currently in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, spent the first chapter of her musical life in communities of Appalachian folk musics, a fiddler, banjo player, and researcher – her duo with ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle combined the old songs with storytelling and puppetry. Their collaboration is rooted in a research process, time in archives with old folk song recordings, and interviews with descendents of the singers. The duo's final album together, The Invisible Comes to Us, drew from songs in field recordings made of European-descended singers in Vermont (land of Abenaki), where Anna grew up. The record, of increasingly experimental arrangements of the ballads, was released on Smithsonian Folkways, and dubbed “A radical expansion of what folk songs are supposed to do,” by The New Yorker.This conversation took place two years into Anna's ongoing journey into another community and world, of illness and disability – and a new set of questions about the role of music, and a new awareness about the systemic ways that sick and disabled artists are not as supported as they could be. The conversation moves through themes of the particulars of sick grief and experiences of isolation, the challenges and fears uncovered in adapting to a new life, and new musical practice. We speak more broadly, Anna processing her growing understanding of the role of ableism both internal and systemic, and how it shapes possibilities in music performance, practice and education. Inspired by experiences in traditional music, we talk about ideas of music specifically created for the sick, fantasies of bedside concerts, and sick folks as listeners and makers. Midway, we follow a short fever dream into one of Anna's bed-day fantasies, about a center that houses the histories of sick musicians, and dispatches singers to your bed or window. Produced and Edited by Kyla-Rose Smith and Anna RGMixed by Zubin HenslerExecutive Producers: Elena Moon Park, and Kyla-Rose SmithFeaturing: Anna RG & Sick Center actors Weston Olenecki, Lucia Reissig, Lauren Tosswill, Holly MacDonald, Leticia Ayala, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, Nyokabi Kariuki, Daniel Neumann A full playlist of songs found in this episode can be found on the Found Sound Nation YoutubeTexts & artists mentioned during this episode: CARE WORK by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaYou Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence by Mia MingusCarolyn LazardIllness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag OneBeat is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, & produced by Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation.

Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism. Meklit hosts Movement, a transmedia storytelling initiative that lives at the intersection of migration and music.Meklit's performances have taken her to renowned stages across four continents. Her last album topped world music charts across the US and Europe, and was named amongst the best of the year by Bandcamp and The Sunday Times UK. Most meaningfully to her, Meklit is a star in her home country of Ethiopia, after the music video for her song Kemekem and her TED Talk went viral there, the latter garnering over 1.3 million views.Meklit has collaborated with renowned artists such as Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the late creator of funk music, Pee Wee Ellis. She is currently signed to Smithsonian Folkways, with two records set for release in 2024.---Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99---If you like this advice from Meklit, check out this episode with Abigail Bengson!---Become a Best Advice Show patron to help ensure the sustainability of this show. Thank you!---We live @ https://bestadvice.show/ and on IG @bestadviceshow

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings was founded in New York City in May 1948, and has since sought to record "people's music" and archive sounds of all kinds from the United States and around the world. As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the label has organized various programs and efforts, including curating a line-up for the Brooklyn Folk Festival and releasing an album exclusively of North American frog sounds. Director and curator Maureen Loughran joins us to discuss the anniversary alongside Jake Blount, a musician signed to the label.

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The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 10/02/2023 featuring: SistaStrings “Her Name Was” Lift (2019 Magik Family) 4:41 Kelly Hunt “You Make Me High” Ozark Symphony (2023 Compass) 3:51 Jud Caswell “Phoebe on a Fencepost” Live at the Seagull Shop (2019 Jud Caswell) 3:02 Julie Williams “Southern Curls” Julie Williams (2023 Julie Williams) 4:38 The Resonant Rogues “Slow Burn” The Resonant Rogues (2023 The Resonant Rogues) 3:01 Piedmont Bluz “Whistlin' Blues” Ambassadors of Country Blues (2019 Mudbone Watson) 3:24 Dom Flemons “Slow Dance with You” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 2:59 Rachael Kilgour “Family Secrets” My Father Loved Me (2023 Rachael Kilgour) 3:47 Matt Sucich “After Life” Holy Smokes (2023 Five & Dime) 3:25 Peter Keane “Tylersville Road” Walkin' Around (1996 Flying Fish) 3:19 Bronwynne Brent “Raincoat” Undercover (2020 Bronwynne Brent) 3:26 David Ryan Harris “I Can't Wait to Meet You” Lightyears (2015 Peace Pourage) 3:19 Sarah Clanton “By My Side” Middle Tree Studio Live (2017 Sarah Clanton) 3:13 Tre Burt “What Good” Caught It from the Rye (2020 Oh Boy) 3:22

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 08/21/2023 featuring: Sophie Buskin “Strange Things” Sweet Creature (2018 Sophie Buskin) 4:48 Lindsay Lou “Nothing Else Matters” Queen of Time (2023 Kill Rock Stars) 3:19 Ky Burt “Midwestern Sky” The Sky in Between (2019 Ky Burt) 4:49 Caroline Cotter “The Call” Gently as I Go (2023 Caroline Cotter) 3:23 Phil Henry “Songs that Still Make You Cry” MacGuffin (2023 Phil Henry) 4:08 Ordinary Elephant “Worth the Weight” Honest (2019 Ordinary Elephant) 3:13 Matt Sucich “Back at Zero” Thousand Dollar Dinners (2019 Matt Sucich) 3:58 Willa Finck “I Never Knew” Ask Me Why (2019 Willa Finck) 3:30 Ben Bedford “The Hermit's Cat” The Hermit's Spyglass (2018 Ben Bedford) 1:43 Jonatha Brooke “Because I Told You So” 10 Cent Wings (1997 Geffen) 3:48 Sam Robbins “Bigger Than in Between” Bigger Than in Between (2022 Sam Robbins) 3:30 Queen Esther “Lost Without Your Love” Rona (2023 Queen Esther) 2:58 Dom Flemons “We Are Almost Down to the Shore” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:00 Low Lily “We Sing Hallelujah” Single (2021 Low Lily) 3:40

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 07/31/2023 featuring: Terra Spencer “Feels Like Home” Chasing Rabbits (2020 Terra Spencer) 5:03 Julia Cannon “Yellow Lines” How Many (2023 Julia Cannon) 4:12 Austin MacRae “Sides I've Never Seen” New Weather (2023 Austin MacRae) 4:11 Annie & Rod Capps “Lightning Strike” Love & Rain (2023 Annie & Rod Capps) 3:05 Caroline Cotter “The Year of the Wrecking Ball” Gently As I Go (2023 Caroline Cotter) 3:37 Last Year's Man “Right Where We Are” Time Is a Sparrow (2022 Last Year's Man) 3:10 Grace Morrison “Oh Colorado” Maybe Modern (2023 Grace Morrison) 4:22 Davey O. “The Hand of Doubt” Some Days (2023 Davey O.) 3:42 Claire Kelly “Dandelion Wine” The Farm Tapes (2021 Various Artists) 2:41 Craig Bickhardt “Giant Steps” The More I Wonder (2014 Craig Bickhardt) 3:54 Allison Russell “Persephone” Outside Child (2021 Birds of Chicago) 4:22 Queen Esther “All That We Are” Rona (2023 Queen Esther) 3:57 Jake Blount “They Are Waiting for Me” The New Faith (2022 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:26

In our Summer 2023 issue, Julian Saporiti writes about the George Igawa Orchestra, which entertained thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans at a World War II internment camp in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. But Saporiti, who releases music as No-No Boy, has been singing about the “best god damn band in Wyoming” since 2021, when his album 1975 came out. No-No Boy—named for the Japanese Americans who twice answered “no” on a wartime loyalty questionnaire—has been releasing songs about forgotten pockets of Asian-American history for years: Burmese migrants, Cambodian kids whose parents survived the Khmer Rouge, Saigon teens, and his mother's experience as a Vietnamese refugee of an American war. We caught up with Saporiti at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where he performed a set in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Smithsonian Folkways, to talk about reciprocity, scholars by waterfalls, and how to smuggle in history with a few strummed chords.Go beyond the episode:Listen to No-No Boy's previous two albums, 1975 and 1942, and pre-order the next releaseRead “Last Dance,” Saporiti's story of the George Igawa OrchestraUnfamiliar with the history of the no-no boys? Listen to our interview with Frank Abe about John Okada's seminal novel No-No Boy about a Nisei draft-resisterTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 07/17/2023 featuring: Jake Blount “Move, Daniel” Spider Tales (2020 Jake Blount) 5:03 Owen Walsh “Change” On My Way (2022 O&CO) 3:57 Rj Cowdery “That's What Makes You Strong” Something Fine (2015 Rj Cowdery) 3:12 Noah Zacharin “Ten Tons of Road” Points of Light (2023 Sonic Peach) 4:21 Joy Clark “Another Lonely Night” Live in Seattle (2023 Joy Clark) 3:43 Buffalo Nichols “These Things” Buffalo Nichols (2021 Fat Possum) 2:59 Rachael Kilgour “Heart on Fire” My Father Loved Me (2023 Rachael Kilgour) 4:34 Joe Crookston “Blue Light” Nine Becomes One Chapter 9 (Start Brave) (2023 Joe Crookston) 2:59 Abbie Gardner “When We Were Kids” Dobrosinger (2022 Abbie Gardner) 3:14 Clarence Bucaro “Northern Lights” Sweet Corn (2002 Clarence Bucaro) 3:56 Brennen Leigh “Billy & Beau” Prairie Love Letter (2020 Brennen Leigh) 3:17 Dom Flemons “Saddle It Around” Traveling Wildfire (2023 Smithsonian Folkways) 3:40 Benny Bleu “Five Miles from Town” March of the Mollusk (2023 Benny Bleu) 2:53 Kelly Bosworth & Libby Weitnauer “Free Little Bird” Pocket Full of Candy (2020 Kelly Bosworth & Libby Weitnauer) 2:54

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 07/10/2023 featuring: Richie & Rosie “Nowhere in Time” Nowhere in Time (2017 Richie and Rosie) 4:46 Annie & Rod Capps “Love Comes Round” Love and Rain (2023 Annie & Rod Capps) 4:07 Justin Farren “Faith, Hope, Etc.” Another Bluebird Day (2013 Justin Farren) 3:44 Grace Morrison “Wasted” Maybe Modern (2023 Grace Morrison) 3:39 Big Little Lions “All Done Up” AMPM (2023 FALLEN TREE) 4:53 Queen Esther “Where Is Home?” Rona (2023 Queen Esther) 2:47 Ian Sherwood “Oh Daisy” Live at the Hive (Ian Sherwood) 4:39 Kaia Kater “Poets Be Buried” Grenades (2018 Smithsonian Folkways) 4:37 Fool's Gold “Old Tennessee” Fools Gold (1976 Arista) 2:39 Rachel Bissex “Royal Blues” I Used to Be Nice (1998 One Take Productions) 5:34 Lon “My Father” Thankfully Distracted (2022 Lonakot) 4:11 Yasmin Williams “Sunshowers” Urban Driftwood (2021 SPINSTER) 4:13

Barbara Dane has led a groundbreaking life. In the 1950s she became a popular blues singer and performed with many leading musicians of the time including Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins and many others. She eventually largely dropped out of the commercial music world to focus on activism becoming involved in the civil rights movement as well as the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War. She and her husband Irwin Silber started the record label called Paredon to release music from freedom struggles across the globe. Dane also released her own recordings on Paredon–one was titled, “I Hate the Capitalist System.” In 2018 Barbara Dane stopped by the Democracy Now studio to talk about her remarkable life and play a few songs. Smithsonian Folkways has just released a new retrospective titled, “Barbara Dane: Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs.”

Barbara Dane has led a groundbreaking life. In the 1950s she became a popular blues singer and performed with many leading musicians of the time including Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins and many others. She eventually largely dropped out of the commercial music world to focus on activism becoming involved in the civil rights movement as well as the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War. She and her husband Irwin Silber started the record label called Paredon to release music from freedom struggles across the globe. Dane also released her own recordings on Paredon–one was titled, “I Hate the Capitalist System.” In 2018 Barbara Dane stopped by the Democracy Now studio to talk about her remarkable life and play a few songs. Smithsonian Folkways has just released a new retrospective titled, “Barbara Dane: Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs.”

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello celebrate "Black History Month" with this special episode. Comedian Sam Jay (Saturday Night Live) discusses developing a whole new kind of late night show with her HBO series PAUSE with Sam Jay; writer and publisher Jelani Memory (A Kids Book About Racism) explains how he launched a book series for parents and kids to tackle heavy topics; cellist and folk musician Leyla McCalla brings the musicality of Langston Hughes' poetry to life with "Song for a Dark Girl" from her Smithsonian Folkways album Vari-Colored Songs; and instrumental duo Black Violin unpack the intersection of hip hop and classical music, before performing the titular track of their album Stereotypes.

As often as possible, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot love to share new, exciting, under-the-radar music. This week, they've got a brand new batch of buried treasures. They'll also hear some selections from the production staff and play messages from listeners. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah  Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs:Cari Cari, "Last Days On Earth," Welcome To Kookoo Island, perla nera, 2022Say She She, "Pink Roses," Prism, Karma Chief, 2022Ibibio Sound Machine, "Protection From Evil," Electricity, Merge, 2022Timothy Bailey & the Humans, "Great Man Singing," Timothy Bailey & the Humans, N/A, 2022Off Peak Arson, "Vivid," Vivid (Single), 3131749 Records DK, 2022Lev UFO, "Again!," Again! (Single), LevUFOrever Galactic, 2022Brittany Davis, "I Choose to Live," I Choose to Live (EP), Loosegroove, 2022Shannon & The Clams, "Year Of The Spider," Year Of The Spider, Easy Eye, 2021Lifeguard, "I know I know," I know I know (Single), Born Yesterday, 2022Polyphia, "Playing God," Playing God (Single), Rise, 2022CMAT, "I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!," If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, AWAL, 2022Jake Blount, "Didn't It Rain," The New Faith, Smithsonian Folkways, 2022Korean Boyfriend, "Millions of Reasons," Yellow, Flowers, 2022Big Joanie, "In My Arms," Back Home, Kill Rock Stars, 2022Oneida, "Beat Me to the Punch," Success, Joyful Noise, 2022Pale Blue Eyes, "Star Vehicle," Souvenirs, Full Time Hobby, 2022Idles, "Danny Nedelko," Joy as an Act of Resistance, Partisan, 2018Jimmie Anderson, "Hero," Hero (Single), Jimmie Anderson, 2018MUNA, "Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)," Muna, Saddest Factory and Dead Oceans, 2022Pedro the Lion, "First Drum Set (Live on Sound Opinions)," Havasu, Polyvinyl, 2022Kurt Vile, "Like Exploding Stones," (watch my moves), Verve, 2022