Protest Singing, Part 3: Black Lives Matter
Choral Fixation
English - July 16, 2021 04:05 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBMusic Commentary Music Society & Culture a capella carollers carols choirs choral choral fixation choral music chorale chorus classical music Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jacqui and Liz are extremely grateful to their guests for the rich and illuminating discussion of the current state of protest singing within the Black Lives Matter movement. Thank you Micah Hendler, Nikki Nesbary, Caullen Hudson, and Patrice Rhone.
Micah Hendler is a musical changemaker, and covers music and social change for Forbes. He is the founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus.
Nikki Nesbary is an experienced facilitator, trainer, and program manager. She is a singer and leadership team member with SongRise, a DC-based women's social justice a cappella group.
Caullen Hudson is a filmmaker, activist, and founder of SoapBox productions and organizing. He is a scholar and producer of the feature documentary Chicago Drill ‘n’ Activism, and produces and co-hosts the Bourbon ‘n BrownTown podcast. Check out their Collective Freedom Project, a four-part series highlighting grassroots efforts in Chicago, Atlanta, Texas, and California to fight crimmigration.
In addition to her digital activism, Patrice Rhone is a fashion fanatic, marketing professional, and blogger. She will also be rocking some classic 80s Madonna and Whitney with Jacqui and Liz at our next karaoke party.
LINKS
On the march: is communal protest singing poised for a comeback? by Micah Hendler, Jun 13, 2020
Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell
Marching and Singing with Ysaye Barnwell - Black Lives Matter, YouTube, uploaded Jun 9, 2020
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXV9c0-JZcg
Lift Every Voice and Sing by the Spellman College Glee Club, YouTube, Feb 28, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF9FOPgLpw
Lift Every Voice and Sing by SongRise, Juneteenth Solidarity Sing, YouTube, Premiered Jun 20, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9I9d8Zu68
Tupac interview about food in hotel, YouTube, uploaded Dec 29, 2012 (from Tupac: Resurrection)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBWjhEax3g
This is what protest sounds like by Breeanna Hare, November 19, 2017
https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/us/soundtracks-protest-music-evolution/index.html
Anti-maskers, the alt-right, and leftist messaging by Paula Ethans, October 20, 2020
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/anti-maskers-the-alt-right-and-leftist-messaging
Anti-vaccine protesters are likening themselves to civil rights activists by Mackenzie Mays, Sep 18, 2019
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/18/california-anti-vaccine-civil-rights-1500976
Justice Choir https://www.justicechoir.org/
Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" chanted by protesters during Cleveland police altercation by Jeremy Gordon July 29, 2015
Has Kendrick Lamar recorded the new Black national anthem? by Aisha Harris, Aug 3, 2015
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY
Reverend Gary Davis ~ I'll Be Alright Someday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovZZL_-SWTE
Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1yQcIEFAFc
You About to Lose Your Job (Original Remix), YouTube, uploaded Jun 4, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDyvJu05bc
Chief Keef "Faneto"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuEx6lNHZjM
Ludacris - Move Bitch
Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection, Edited by Fernando Orejuela and Stephanie Shonekan, from Indiana University Press
https://iupress.org/9780253038425/black-lives-matter-and-music/
The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin, from Penguin Random House
I'm Gon' Stand sung by Nikki Nesbary
I'm Gon' Stand by Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey In The Rock, SongRise, YouTube, uploaded Nov 23, 2016