#4748, Protest Songs
Listen to protest songs by Tunisian singer and composer Emel Mathlouthi, Polish cellist Resina, guitar hero Yasmin Williams, and New York-based musician and composer Laura Watts.
There’s music from Tunisian singer-songwriter, musician, arranger and producer Emel Mathlouthi, and her protest song "Kelmti Horra", which “became an anthem for the Tunisian Revolution and the Arab Spring”, (https://emelmathlouthi.com/). Then, listen to music by Warsaw-based cellist, composer, author of music for films and games, Resina, from her album Speechless, created at a time when several hundred thousand people throughout Poland were taking part in the Women's Strike to protest new anti-abortion laws.
Listen also to music from composer, arranger, and pocket trumpeter Laura Watts on piano with drummer-husband Jeff “Tain” Watts (Wynton Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, McCoy Tyner.) Hear selections from their recent Protest Songs – a record of piano duets, including a piece called “Rojava,” an area in northern Syria where people are fighting for equality and autonomy, and “Paint the Streets,” which is dedicated to the protests against racial injustice in America 2020. Plus, hear inventive music by guitar hero Yasmin Williams also written in reaction to the social injustices and outrage from the time of late May 2020 and the aftermath, called "After the Storm".
Hear music by Vermont-based vocalist, educator, and composer Moira Smiley, with special guests Sam Amidon and Seamus Eagan, along with music by guitarist and composer Marc Ribot also featuring Sam Amidon, and Fay Victor. Music by Philip Glass and the opera Satyagraha rounds out the show. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4748, Protest songs (First aired 5/8/23)
ARTIST: Emel Mathlouthi
WORK: Kelmti Horra [1:19]
RECORDING: Kelmti Horra
SOURCE: World Village
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Youtube, Spotify
ARTIST: Laura Watts, Jeff "Tain" Watts
WORK: Paint the Streets [2:58]
RECORDING: Protest Songs
SOURCE/INFO: laurawattsmusic.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Moira Smiley and VOCO, feat. Sam Amidon, Seamus Egan
WORK: Days of War [4:42]
RECORDING: In Our Voices
SOURCE/INFO: moirasmiley.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Yasmin Williams
WORK: After the Storm [5:42]
RECORDING: Urban Driftwood
SOURCE: Spinster Sounds
INFO: yasminwilliams.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Laura Watts, Jeff "Tain" Watts
WORK: Time (for Öcalan) [2:37]
RECORDING: Protest Songs
SOURCE/INFO: laurawattsmusic.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Emel Mathlouthi
WORK: Kelmti Horra (My Word Is Free) [6:32]
RECORDING: Kelmti Horra
SOURCE: World Village
INFO: Available at AppleMusic, Youtube, Spotify
ARTIST: Resina
WORK: Mercury Immersion [5:19]
RECORDING: Speechless
SOURCE: 13701 / FatCat Records
INFO: 130701.com/release/speechless
ARTIST: Laura Watts, Jeff "Tain" Watts
WORK: Rojava [3:07]
RECORDING: Protest Songs
SOURCE/INFO: laurawattsmusic.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus | Christopher Keene, conductor
WORK: Philip Glass: Satyagraha Act 2, Scene 3: Protest [8:09]
RECORDING: Satyagraha
SOURCE: CBS/Sony 62960
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Marc Ribot ft. Sam Amidon and Fay Victor
WORK: How To Walk In Freedom [5:44]
RECORDING: Songs of Resistance 1942-2018
SOURCE/INFO: marcribot.bandcamp.com
