Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Black History Month is celebrated every February in the United States. The concept was established as Negro History Week by historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1926. Kent State University established Negro History Month in 1969 and Black History Month was established nationally in 1976 in a proclamation by President Gerald Ford. This week we'll present some World and American music to help celebrate the holiday, including Rhiannon Giddens, Tarika, Kotoja, Sweet Honey in the Rock and Thelonious Monk. Celebrating Black History … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-05: Black History Month, Pt.1 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Thelonious Monk / “Thelonious” / Underground / CBS Eric Bibb / Refugee Man” / Migration Blues / Stony Plain Tarika / “Aloka” / The Rough Guide to the Music of Madagascar / Rough Guide Rhiannon Giddens / “Better Get it Right the First Time” / Freedom Highway / Nonesuch Blind Blake / “Brown Skin Gal-Mary Ann” / Legends of Calypso / Arc Issa Bagayogo / “Saye Mogo Bana” / African Groove / Putumayo Kaia Kater / “Nine Pin” / Nine Pin / Kingswood Thelonious Monk / “Thelonious (take 3)” / Underground / CBS Various / “Chohun and Gymamadudu” / Africa-Ancient Ceremonies: Dance Music & Songs of Ghana / Nonesuch-Explorer Paul Simon-Bakithi Kumolo / “Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes (Alternate)” / Graceland / Sony Legacy Kotoja / “Swale” / The Super Sawale Collection / Putumayo Mandinka and Fulani Music of Gambia / “Dangoma” / Ancient Heart / Axiom Sweet Honey in the Rock / “This Place Inside Where I Can Rest” / #LoveinEvolution / Appleseed Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways