#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - Satin Doll youtu.be/A9DYvWfuM_s?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 24 A song that feels like a warning Gil Scott-Heron - Your Soul And Mine youtu.be/sESkfMfqEeQ?...

#paulrobeson #jackierobinson #huac #booksky #history #rachelrobinson #branchrickey “It really does feel like what is past is prologue…These two giants…were really placed in opposition…to each other in front of the most notorious government body that this country has ever produced.”

The Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment 2.0 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge A song that feels hypnotic youtu.be/EVi-UTF9PL4?...

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Geri Allen - Light Matter Repeating this from an earlier challenge, because… youtu.be/JLiqIFTuM1g?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 23 A song that feels hypnotic Arooj Aftab - Last Night youtu.be/XX1ResoIGc8?...

Anyway what’s amazing is that it’s a vampire movie but the real monster is the inescapable labyrinth of the Jim Crow economy. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

“people…barely are able to make it to the end of the month…due to sanctions and rampant corruption and mismanagement. The Revolutionary Guards have taken over the economy, in commerce, pharmaceutical, medicine, entertainment and restaurants, it’s like a mafia system “

This video of Willie playing electric guitar with Jimmy Buffet on a song written and made famous by Bob Wills is one of the best videos in existence. youtu.be/ASy3iGXhq-c?...

Conversation between Mahalia Jackson and Studs Terkel. Two legends. youtu.be/gghUKipCw0o?...

#RelativeMusic Continuing our tour of amazing under the radar 🎶 here’s Rhiannon Giddens w/ her sister Lalenja Harrington. Sibling harmony is special RG’s partner is fellow musician Francesco Turissi & just got tix for their May🇬🇧show today 😊 JustOneMoreDay LIVE m.youtube.com/watch?v=TpjX...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 22 A song that builds slowly Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? youtu.be/yni2cJFpNIM?...

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Regina Carter, Miguel Zenon, John Santos & SFJAZZ Collective - Chanchullo youtu.be/bNNrx4ZCNg8?...

#booksky #history #classicalhistory #Plato #eugenics Discussion with classical scholar Curtis Dozier, author of The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate Yale University Press, 2026 kpfa.org/episode/agai...

#JazzInJanuary 🎷 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Don't Worry 'Bout Me - The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France w/ Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly, vocal by Beryl Davis (1939) youtu.be/snEcpRldmFo?...

“The abuse of Palestinians is not hidden. Prison authorities boast of mistreatment, which is publicly backed by Israeli politicians and the judicial system, reported with approval in Israeli media, and has been normalised in Israeli public opinion, B’Tselem said.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Abbey Lincoln - Wholly Earth youtu.be/rY4FjR_7TMI?...

“A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies; taken over our governments; gagged the freedom of our media; placed a stranglehold on technology and innovation; deepened poverty and social exclusion; and accelerated the breakdown of our planet,”

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 21 A song with a powerful live version Mahalia Jackson - Elijah Rock Mildred Falls, piano youtu.be/BoMrB2Q1rFA?...

We have a system set up to prevent this, and we have a party that has set itself up to prevent the system from working.

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly Flute: Hermeto Pascoal Percussion : Jorge Fattoruso Guitar: David Amaro Keyboards : Hugo Fattoruso Drums: Airto Moreira Bass: Ringo Thielmann Vocals: Bonnie Bowden youtu.be/XrNFO-eowxI?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 20 A song that introduced you to a new genre My introduction to Qawwali music. A song about the Sufi saint Qalandar. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt youtu.be/SDfELfpumEE?...

“We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.”

We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City: wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...

I LOVED Neil Young when I was in high school. I went to a crazy Quaker school and we were a very mixed up bunch with eclectic music tastes. There was so much arguing. Neil Young was a lonely hill I kept dying on at 16. This makes me feel vindicated: youtu.be/VEIEUAgzCWY?...

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Fernanda Torres is incandescent in this quietly devastating film with echoes in the present. The film draws you so warmly into the embrace of the family that you feel the depths of the subtlest gesture. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/im-s...

These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 19: A song that feels happy but has sad lyrics youtube.com/watch?v=xKoT...

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Bobby Matos and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble - Philadelphia youtu.be/xwQWwZazrwQ?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 19 A song that feels happy but has sad lyrics Edith Piaf - Les Flonflons Du Bal youtu.be/qVvx6L5nx1s?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1️⃣8️⃣: A song for when you feel lonely 🗣 Vulfmon ft. Monica Martin 🔊 Alone Again, Naturally

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Lounge Lizards - Harlem Nocturne John Lurie, saxophone Evan Lurie, keyboards Arto Lindsay, guitar Steve Piccolo, bass Anton Fier, drums youtu.be/_dpZOAsO-ZI?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 18 A song for when you feel lonely This is my go to for any lousy day. Comforting? More like misery loves company. Gil Scott-Heron’s original is beautifully miserable as well. Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is youtu.be/RvdnMzQGbEQ?...

“Their stories complicate the tidy frames of “Maduro vs. democracy” or “U.S. vs. sovereignty.” They’re sitting with real disappointment in a government that never delivered on its full promises — and deep suspicion of an empire (the U.S.)…” capitalbnews.org/us-attack-ve...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 17- a song that captures pure Anger youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Recent release, a tribute to Geri Allen❤️ Paul Cornish - Queen Geri youtu.be/ybAL48NGFl0?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 17 A song that captures pure anger Dead Pioneers - Bloodletting Carnival youtu.be/9IKEFCiwKCk?...

A new investigation by @propublica.org has found over 40 cases of immigration agents using chokeholds and other potentially fatal breathing restrictions, including during the ICE arrest of 16-year-old U.S. citizen Arnoldo Bazan in Texas.

#MusicChallenge #NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary Count Basie & Joe Williams - Alright, Okay, You Win youtu.be/pf5s89NiecM?...

ICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration Camp

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 A song you discovered recently but feels timeless "We're all big fans of soul music, and we're not afraid to wear our influences on our sleeve.” Kelly Finnigan Here, he’s wearing a whole Marvin Gaye shirt Monophonics - Sage Motel youtu.be/eV-VFYQdny0?...

For folks keeping score at home, in Trump's America you can have two (2) dolls five (5) pencils one (1) "piece" of chicken one (1) "piece" of broccoli one (1) corn tortilla one (1) other thing (?) I mean, are we great again OR WHAT 🤡

“they didn’t make me sign a domestic violence waiver. So, how many people with domestic violence convictions are running around with guns in our cities terrorizing people? How many people who have been committed of sex crimes or crimes against children are in charge of detention centers?”

I just donated. By the way GoFundMe tries to charge a predatory 17.5% which is way beyond their administrative costs but you can opt out if you notice they're doing that. GoFundMe is a venture-capital-backed private company.

#NewMusicChallenge #JazzInJanuary #IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 15 A song that feels like the ocean Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda Cecil McBee (Bass) Majid Shabazz (Bells, Tambourine) Alice Coltrane (Harp, Piano) Pharoah Sanders (Sax, Percussion) youtu.be/w0O9L7KXkC0?...

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.