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Guardian report of Pete Seeger’s death and his singing This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-dies-aged-94

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Posted on January 28, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in democratisation, emancipation, Folk music, human rights, Music, socialism, United States of America, working class | Tagged died aged 94, Freedom songs, Pete Seeger, songs for working class, Woody Guthrie | Leave a comment

All clear: No hour of liberation

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Posted on January 28, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Contemporary South Africa, democratisation, emancipation, Music | Tagged All clear, SA band | Leave a comment

Bruce Springsteen on ‘the real boss’

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Posted on January 27, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Music, Nelson Mandela | Tagged Bruce Springsteen on Mandela and other social issues | Leave a comment

Bruce Springsteen in Cape Town singing Free Nelson Mandela

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Posted on January 27, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Heroism, Music, Nelson Mandela | Tagged Bruce Springsteen SA tour | Leave a comment

Amandla Marikana! by All Clear band (lyrics by Allan Kolski Horwitz)

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Posted on January 25, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU), Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, democratisation, human rights, Music, Policing, trade unions, Violence, working class | Tagged AMCU, freedom, Marikana massacre | Leave a comment

Nina Simone, Strange Fruit

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Posted on January 21, 2014 by raymondsuttner. Posted in human rights, Music, United States of America, Violence | Tagged Billie Holiday, lynching, Nina Simone, USA | Leave a comment

Horace Silver Quintet, Song for my father

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Posted on December 27, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in jazz, Music | Tagged Bennie Maupin - Tenor, Bill Hardman - Trumpet, Billy Cobham - Drums, Horace Silver - Piano, John Williams - Bass | Leave a comment

Soweto Gospel Choir, Amazing grace

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Posted on December 27, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in choral music, Music | Tagged Amazing grace, Soweto gospel choir | Leave a comment

Esperanda Spalding, We are America. Guantanamo Bay protest

http://thejazzline.com/news/2013/11/esperanza-spalding-we-are-america-guantanamo-bay-protest/

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Posted on December 27, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Barack Obama, Constitutionalism, Cuba, human rights, International, Music, United States of America, vocalist | Tagged Guantanamo Bay, Long term detention, no charges | Leave a comment

Charlie Mingus, Hog Callin Blues

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Posted on December 22, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in jazz, Music | Tagged Charlie Mingus piano +vocals, Roland Kirk horns | Leave a comment

Jessica Sherman sings for Mandela

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Posted on December 12, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Music, Nelson Mandela | Tagged Asimbonanga (We have not seen him), Jessica Sherman, Johnny Clegg, Rolihlahla, South African freedom songs | Leave a comment

Thelonius Monk quartet, I mean you, live Paris 1969

http://www.bluenote.com/blue-note-tv/thelonious-monk-i-mean-you-in-paris-1969

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Posted on December 2, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in jazz, Music | Tagged Monk composition I mean you, Paris 1969, Thelonius Monk live | Leave a comment

Jan Garbarek, Hasta Siempre Commandante Che Guevara, live 2004

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Posted on October 19, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Heroism, jazz, Music | Tagged Che Guevara, Jan Garbarek, saxophone | Leave a comment

Silvio Rodriguez, Hasta siempre Commandante Che Guevara

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Posted on October 12, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in emancipation, Fidel Castro, Heroism, International, Music | Tagged Che Guevara, Silvio Rodriguez | Leave a comment

Victor Jara sings Hasta siempre Commandante Che Guevara

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Posted on October 12, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in emancipation, Fidel Castro, Heroism, human rights, International, Music, socialism | Tagged Che Guevara, martyrs for socialism and internationalism, Victor Jara | Leave a comment

Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 120 , Pablo Barragán, Clarinet Federico Bosco, Piano

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Posted on October 12, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Music, Western classical | Tagged Brahms clarinet sonata, Clarinet Federico Bosco, Pablo Barragán, piano | Leave a comment

Manipuri dance by Bimbavati Devi Radha Roop Varnan

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Posted on October 11, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Culture and identities, Indian classical | Tagged Manipuri Indian classical dance | Leave a comment

Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar, Live in Birmingham 1997

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Posted on October 10, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Indian classical, Music | Tagged Anoushka Shankar, live 1997 in Birmingham, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar | Leave a comment

Abdullah Ibrahim, Cape Town Flower

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Posted on October 10, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Music, south african jazz | Tagged Abdullah Ibrahim | Leave a comment

Arlo Guthrie, Deportee

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Posted on October 8, 2013 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Folk music, human rights, International, Music, United States of America | Tagged Deportation from USA, historical question | Leave a comment

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