Folk Espresso Honors Black Folk Musicians

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Mon, 02/27/2023 - 5:30am to 7:00am
As Black History Month slowly comes to a close, we'll honor Black musicians and their contributions to folk music

Join Diane Hunt on Monday, February 27, as Folk Espresso features Black musicians.  We'll hear an early recording from Bessie Jones to a song from Sunny War that just released on February 3rd.  There'll be a bit of music from Senegal and from singer-songwriters from all across the US.   Some of the "greats" will grace the show--like Guy Davis and Richie Havens--but there is plenty of room for the lesser-known but rising stars of the folk music scene.  It's all happening here on KBOO as part of the All Thrills No Frills Volume II special programming fundraiser.  How lucky we are to have KBOO....and these musicians who give us their unique voices in song!

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Valerie June
    Song
    Colors
    Album
    The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
    Label
    Fantasy
  • Time
    5:37
    Artist
    Ruthie Foster
    Song
    Hole In My Pocket
    Album
    Runaway Soul
    Label
    Blue Corn Music
  • Time
    5:42
    Artist
    Jake Blount
    Song
    Once There Was No Sun
    Album
    The New Faith
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    5:48
    Artist
    Leyla McCalla
    Song
    Artibonite
    Album
    Breaking the Thermometer
    Label
    Anti/Epitaph
  • Time
    5:51
    Artist
    Esukolaal
    Song
    Bapaalaay
    Album
    Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    5:54
    Artist
    Corey Harris
    Song
    Mama Africa
    Album
    The Insurrection Blues
    Label
    Bloos Records
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    Stephanie Anne Johnson and the Hidogs
    Song
    Gosh Oh Gee
    Album
    Gosh Oh Gee - Single
    Label
    Sweet Potatoes Music
  • Time
    6:05
    Artist
    Tré Burt
    Song
    Sweet Misery
    Album
    You, Yeah, You
    Label
    Oh Boy Records
  • Time
    6:08
    Artist
    Hunter Paye
    Song
    All the Walls Are Windows
    Album
    All the Walls Are Windows
    Label
    Constant Clip Records
  • Time
    6:12
    Artist
    Amythyst Kiah
    Song
    Firewater
    Album
    Wary + Strange
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:18
    Artist
    Eric Kilburn
    Song
    Long Road
    Album
    Reckonings
    Label
  • Time
    6:23
    Artist
    Guy Davis
    Song
    God's Gonna Make Things Over
    Album
    Be Ready When I Call You
    Label
    M.C. Records
  • Time
    6:28
    Artist
    Reggie Garrett
    Song
    Can't Get Satisfied
    Album
    York's Lament & Other Stories
    Label
  • Time
    6:38
    Artist
    Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
    Song
    Once There Was No Sun
    Album
    Get In Union
    Label
  • Time
    6:42
    Artist
    Richie Havens
    Song
    The Times They Are a-Changin'
    Album
    Old & New, Together & Apart - Richie Havens Sings Beatles and Dylan
    Label
    Ryko/Rhino
  • Time
    6:47
    Artist
    Buffalo Nichols
    Song
    How to Love
    Album
    Buffalo Nichols
    Label
    Fat Possum
  • Time
    6:51
    Artist
    Sunny War
    Song
    New Day
    Album
    Anarchist Gospel
    Label
    New West Records
  • Time
    6:57
    Artist
    Yasmin Williams
    Song
    Jarabi
    Album
    Urban Driftwood
    Label
    SPINSTER

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