Freedom Highway
Somebody Might Follow
Somebody Might Follow
For the final episode of Freedom Highway, we listen to the original concert from the Staple Singers featuring the debut of this show's namesake and theme song, performed 60 years ago on April 9 1965 at their church in Chicago, released in full in 2015 as Freedom Highway Complete.
Just One World and Just One Sky
Just One World and Just One Sky
A playlist of politically meaningful songs, all spun from vinyl records.
It’s Been Here For Ages
It’s Been Here For Ages
An eclectic mix of politically meaningful music from every decade between the 1960's and 2020's.
Until You Lay It All On The Line
Until You Lay It All On The Line
An eclectic mix of politically meaningful music; classic, lost and new.
Unless We Organize
Unless We Organize
To mark the 60th anniversary of the pivotal march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965 known as Bloody Sunday, we listen to two documentary records released that year of the music sung by marchers.
Freedom
Freedom
Gotta Tell It How I Feel
Gotta Tell It How I Feel
Marking 92 years since she was born, we listen to some of the most powerfully political music of Nina Simone, concluding with her great 1969 album To Love Somebody.
With Inspiration for Life
With Inspiration for Life
Leading up to her 92nd birthday, we spend the program with the music of multidisciplinary artist Yoko Ono (b. Feb 18, 1933).
Shall We Perish Unjust
Shall We Perish Unjust
A playlist of a politically meaningful recordings drawn from a variety of Black American musicians, heavily favoring the 1970's.
About the Show
Freedom Highway is a weekly 2-hour radio show where we trace movements of music through times of struggle. Each Sunday evening broadcast is a sonic collage of recorded music, live performances, and conversations with public thinkers and community members. Following songs across borders of race, class, geography and time, we explore how melodies and refrains are reshaped by an evolving chorus of voices, and we ask: how does this relate to the current moment in our community and country?
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