Jadestone Vintage Soul

Based on the 2000 tragic memoir by the late Edith Ware McClinton entitled "Scars From a Lynching,"  the 2022 radio theater play adaptation "Scars Brought Into Focus: The Silver Screen Of The Mind * Images * Memories" by Clarice K. Abdul-Bey and Ameria Jones tells the story of the McClinton family's connection to four different lynchings in Arkansas while also linking the racist American history of lynching and the death penalty. 

“Mrs. McClinton carries the credentials of a griot and the strength of a warrior, strong and brave enough to pass her horrific story on to those who need to hear and learn...”, says Cozetta Gray Guinn in the memoir introduction.

This is a special joint All Hallows' Eve 2022 presentation by Jadestone Vintage Soul, Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts & Literacy Collective, the Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement, the APJMM Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project, From Noose to Needle AR, and Afrodesia Studio of Performing Arts, with generous support from the 8th Amendment Project and the Tides Foundation.  A special thanks also go to Joyce Williams and Suzette Cannon, the daughter, and granddaughter, respectively, of the late Edith Ware McClinton, for giving Clarice K. Abdul-Bey their permission for this adaptation. 

***TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the scenes in this narration may be considered graphic and/or offensive.  Listener discretion is advised.***

During Spring Break 2022, Baba invited his classmates from the UA-Clinton School of Public Service to do a takeover.  This is the result:

PLAYLIST

1. The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin [INTRO]

2. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

3. Is This The Future? by Fatback

4. Got To Be Some Changes Made by The Staple Singers

5. Here Comes The Sun by Richie Havens

6. People Make The World A Better Place by Shirley Jean and The Relations

7. Bruca Manigua by Buena Vista Social Club featuring Ibrahim Ferrer

8. Databank by Prince

9. Free My People (f. Simmy & Kid Cruise) by Greentea Peng

10. Black Folk (f. Alex Isley & Masego) by Tank and the Bangas

11. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Baba, Iya & Lorne tha Jazzy Leo commemorate the life and legacy of al-Hajj Abdul Malik al-Shabazz-al-Sabann (a.k.a. Malcolm Little, Detroit Red, Malcolm X & Brother Omowale) on the 57th year since he was assassinated.

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. My People...Hold On by Eddie Kendricks 

3. Message to the System by Segments of Time 

4. Malcolm X by Hal Singer 

5. Blackenized by Hank Ballard 

6.  Slave by Prince 

7. Malcolm X by Earl Sixteen 

8. Malcolm X by Dennis Brown 

9. Black Is Back by Lakim Shabazz 

10. Power to the People, Free Our People by Black Panther Kids

11. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Entrow by Graham Central Station

3. Loose Booty by Sly & The Family Stone

4. F.U.N.K. by Betty Davis

5. Happy for Love by Pockets

6. California Soul by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

7. We Can Funk by Prince

8. All Talk by Brian Jackson

9. [Nothing Serious] Just Buggin' by Whistle

10. Pee-Wee's Dance by Joeski Love

11. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Baba, Iya & Lorne tha Jazzy Leo celebrate National Freedom Day 2022

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Lift Every Voice And Sing by Kirk Franklin

3. Black History / The World by Gil Scott-Heron

4. Freedom (Theme from Motion Picture "Panther") by Various Artists

5. You Must Learn by Boogie Down Productions

6. Raise The Flag by X-Clan

7. Black Habits I (f. Jackie Gouché) by D Smoke

8. The Black Renaissance (f. Black Thought) by Sa-Roc

9. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Arkansas PBS, UA-Pine Bluff, and APJMM join to celebrate Muhammad Ali's 80th bornday by commemorating his three visits to the State of Arkansas in 1969, 1986, & 1990

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Float Like a Butterfly by Instant Funk 

3. Soul Bowl by The Memphis Horns  

4. Face It by Ed Robinson

5. Murphy's Law by Cheri

6. Giving It Up For Love by David Emmanuel  

7. I Wonder by Prince 

8. Thunderstorm In Surulere by Lady Donli 

9. Africans Unite by Lemon Black

10. Shine (Melanin Remix) by Alphabet Rock

11. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Observing the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr., State Holiday and the 3rd annual National Day of Racial Healing in the State of Arkansas

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Goliath by Monophonics   

3. Bad Tune by Earth, Wind & Fire

4. The Funky Thing by The Unemployed 

5. Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder

6. Dreamer by Prince 

7. King Holiday (f. Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Run-DMC, Whodini, El DeBarge, Lisa Lisa w/Full Force, Stacy Lattisaw, Stephanie Mills, Whitney Houston, New Edition, Teena Marie, James “J.T.” Taylor & Menudo) by King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew

8. All In by Change the Narrative

9. The Beginning by KRS-One

10. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Announcing the 2022 National Day of Racial Healing in the State of Arkansas

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Right On, Be Free by Voices of East Harlem  

3. Sunny by Boney M.  

4. You Can't Hide Love by Art Webb 

5. Another Day by Ray, Goodman and Brown  

6. Call On Me by Anglo Saxon Brown  

7. And God Created Woman by Prince 

8. Spirit (Does Anybody Care?) by Force One Network 

9. Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunrise) by Brand Nubian

10. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

A BROTHER KNOWLEDGE TAKEOVER featuring Hilary Trudell, Donald Wood & Dr. Joynicole Martinez

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Back Against the Wall by Curtis Mayfield

3. Burnin' and Lootin' by The Wailers

4. Call My Name (f. Maceo Parker & Stokley Williams fo Mint Condition) by Prince

5. I'm Going Down by Jazzmeia Horn

6. The Rose That Grew from Concrete (f. Nikki Giovanni & Malcolm Jamal Warner) by Tupac Shakur

7. Fire by Queen GodIs

8. Shuffering + Shmiling (f. Jorge ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal & Positive Force) by dead prez

9. Blessing (a.k.a Jail House Rock) by Njeri Earth

10. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]

Baba & Iya Cratediggers and Lorne tha Jazzy Leo celebrate seven years on the air.

PLAYLIST

1. People Get Up & Drive That Funky Soul by James Brown [INTRO]

2. Money Is (f. Little Richard) by Quincy Jones  

3. Dreaming a Dream by Crown Heights Affair  

4. Make Me Believe In You by Patti Jo

5. You're Welcome (f. Bobby Byrd) by Vicki Anderson

6. Super Duper Love by Sugar Billy 

7. The Hustle by Van McCoy & The Soul City 

8. Kiss by Prince

9. Cool by The Time

10. Reach Out by People Under the Stairs

11. My Vote Will Count (f. Sevyn Streeter) by YelloPain  

12. Theme from the Motion Picture "Cleopatra Jones" by Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters [OUTRO]