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I Have A Dream

50 years ago, America and the world were coming to terms with the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Huey marks the anniversary by playing tracks inspired by him.

Huey marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, playing tracks written about him, and tracks that were inspired by him.

Huey will tell the story of the days following the assassination, when a James Brown concert helped prevent riots in the city of Boston, and Muddy Waters went to play at the temporary shanty town, that had sprung up at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

You'll hear the story of how Otis Spann performed a newly written tribute to Dr King, at a storefront church in Chicago, as buildings were burning all around.

And there will be music from Baby Huey, Quincy Jones, Run DMC, Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Public Enemy.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 7 Apr 2018 10:00

Music Played

  • De La Soul

    Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)

    • De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead.
    • Tommy Boy Music.
  • Public Enemy

    By the Time I Get to Arizona

    • Power To The People And The Beats.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
  • Quincy Jones

    What's Goin' On?

    • Quincy Jones - The Best.
  • Baby Huey

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    • Rhino Hi-Five: Black History Month Songs 2.
    • Rhino.
  • Melvin 鈥淲ah Wah鈥 Watson

    Goo Goo Wah Wah

    • Elementary.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
  • Dennis Edwards

    Don't Look Any Further

    • Don't Look Any Further.
    • Helta..
  • Keni Burke

    Rising To The Top

    • Changes.
    • CRIMSON.
  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Winter In America

    • Winter In America.
    • STRATA-EAST.
  • HELSINKI HEADNOD CONVENTION

    Down On Bended Knee

    • Eargasms for Short-Sighted Post-Truth Era People.
    • Record Breakin Music.
  • Nina Simone

    Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)

    • Nuff Said!.
    • RCA CAMDEN.
  • James Brown

    Cold Sweat

    • Star Time.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
  • Letta Mbulu

    Kilimandjaro Take Us Higher

    • Sound Of A Rainbow.
    • Africa Seven.
  • Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

    Message To My People

    • An Angel Fell.
    • STRUT.
  • Bobby Womack

    American Dream

    • The Poet II.
    • Universal Music Group International.
  • Muddy Waters

    The Same Thing

    • Electric Mud.
    • Stardust Records.
  • Otis Spann

    Blues for Martin Luther King

    • Live The Life.
    • Shout!.
  • Marvin Gaye

    Abraham, Martin & John

    • That's The Way Love Is.
    • Universal Music Group International.
  • Timmy Thomas

    Why Can't We Live Together

    • Why Can't We Live Together.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
  • Rage Against the Machine

    Renegades of Funk

    • Renegades.
    • Epic.
  • EDO G AND MASTA ACE

    Wishing

    • My Own Worst Enemy.
    • 鈥嶤丑别尘颈蝉迟谤测鈥/鈥嶮别谤肠耻谤测.
  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁.

    Proud To Be Black

    • Raising Hell.
    • Arista/Legacy.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    We Shall Overcome

    • Raising Hell.
    • Arista/Legacy.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Apr 2018 10:00