Hurdy Gurdy Political Songs for our Broken Politics!

Here's the playlist:

1. David Rovics “Failed State” from Ballad of a Wobbly on David Rovics

2. Marvin Gaye “You Are That Special One” from Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition) (2001)

3. O'Jays “Above the Law” from Love Train

4. Johanna Saint-Pierre “Freedom from Politicians” from Freedom from Politicians - Single on Lilihouse Music

5. Cream “Politician” from Goodbye (1969) on Polydor

6. Kora “Politician” from Volume - EP (2004) on Kora Ltd

7. Betty Davis “Politician Man” from The Columbia Years on Columbia/Legacy

8. Death “Politicians In My Eyes” from PUNK 45: Sick On You! One Way Spit! After the Love & Before the Revolution, Vol. 3: Proto-Punk 1969-77 - Soul Jazz Records

9. Switchfoot “Politicians” from Nothing Is Sound on Columbia (USA)

10. Moriaty “Politicians” from The Politicians - Single on Zen Ten

11. Pints “Fuck Politicians” from Fuck Politicians - Single on Independent

12. Van Halen “Ballot or the Bullet” from Van Halen III on Rhino/Warner Bros. (USA)

Hurdy Gurdy Songs about the electoral process. So VOTE on November 6th!

Playlist:

1. Sunnyland Slim “Be Careful How You Vote” from Be Careful How You Vote on Earwig Music

2. Robb Johnson “I'm Voting Labour Next Thursday (feat. Fae Simon & The Corbynistas)” from I'm Voting Labour Next Thursday (feat. Fae Simon & The Corbynistas) - Single on Irregular Records

3. Willie Nelson “Vote 'Em Out” from Vote 'Em Out

4. Dolly Parton “19th Amendment” from 19th Amendment

5. Blaze Folley “Election day” from Election day

6. Hays & Wood, Tom Glazer, Pete Seeger “Voting Union” from Voting Union

7. Smart Songs “Voting Rights” from Trip to DC on Smart Songs, LLC

8. The Lost Patrol Band “If Voting Would Change Anything” from The Lost Patrol Band on Burning Heart Records/Epitaph

9. Molotov “Voto Latino” from Voto Latino

10. Rogue Wave “Vote for Me Dummy (30 Days, 30 Songs)” from Vote for Me Dummy (30 Days, 30 Songs) - Single on 30 Days, 30 Songs

11. Black Flag “Rise Above” from Damaged (1981) on SST Records

12. Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul “Vote that mutha' out” from Soulfire Live! on UME Direct

13. Alice Cooper “Elected” from Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (MP3, 1972)

14. The Motern Media Holiday Singers “Congratulations on Voting! You Voted! Yes!” from Congratulations Songs on Motern Media

Agitprop Now & Then, including an interview with Marc Ribot about his latest recording, Songs of Resistance, 1942-2018. Playlist includes:

1. Atahualpa Yupanqui - “Campesino” from 17 Grandes Exitos

2. Marchas Historicas “A Las Barricadas. Anarquistas (Spanish Anarchist)” from La Internacional Ante La Crisis (Communist and Socialist) Versiones Del Himno Y Canciones Históricas De Izquierdas on historical words label

3. Pete Seeger “Vive la Quince Brigada” from Get On the Train

4. The Clash “Spanish Bombs” from London Calling (MP3, 1979)

5. Marc Ribot & Meshell Ndegeocello “The Militant Ecologist (Based on Fischia II Vento)” from Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018 (2018)

6. Marc Ribot “Rata de Dos Pataa” from Songs of Resistance

7. Marc Ribot “We're Never Turning Back” from Songs of Resistance

8. Marc Ribot & Tom Waits “Bella Ciao” from Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018 (2018)

Hurdy Gurdy Womens Songs across a variety of issues and topics, from racism to sexism, patriarchy and inequality.

Here's the playlist:

1. Barbara Dane “I Hate the Capitalist System” from I Hate the Capitalist System (1973) on Paredon Records/Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

2. Laura Nyro “Save the Country” from Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (MP3)

3. Laurie Anderson “O Superman” from Big Science (MP3) on Nonesuch (USA)

4. Ani Difranco “Play God” from Binary (2017)

5. Aretha Franklin “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” from 30 Greatest Hits (MP3, 1967)

6. Nina Lee “Freedom” from Freedom

7. Joan Baez “Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)” from Blessed Are... (Bonus Track Version) (1971)

8. Buffy Sainte-Marie “The War Racket” from Medicine Songs (2017) on True North Records

9. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “This Land is Your Land (From the Motion Picture "Up in the Air")” from This Land Is Your Land (From the Motion Picture "Up in the Air") on Daptone Records

11. Beyoncé “Run the World (Girls)” from 4 (Expanded Edition) (2011)

02:44PM-02:47PM (3:00) Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddam (Live) [Remastered]” from Miss Simone: The Hits (2015)

Songs from, by, and about students and their responses to gun violence and other social injustices. Here's the playlist (also available on Spinatron.com):

1. Angel Parra “Me Gustan los Estudiantes (I Love the Students)” composed by Neruda, Pablo from Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America (1970) on Paredon Records

2. Carlos Molina “La Juventud (The Youth)” from Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America (1970) on Paredon Records

3. Silvio Rodríguez “La Era Está Pariendo un Corazón” from Al Final de Este Viaje... (1978)

4. Tony Alderman “No Funding for Gun Violence Research Since 1997” from Second Amendment Songs, Vol. 2 on Babyface Studios

5. Tony Alderman “Bang!” from Second Amendment Songs, Vol. 1 on Babyface Studios

6. Tony Alderman “American Problem” from Second Amendment Songs, Vol. 2 on Babyface Studios

7. Saida Dahir “A Poem for the Fallen” from Raise Your Voice!: The Sound of Student Protest (2018)

8. Amalia Fleming “Renegades” from Raise Your Voice!: The Sound of Student Protest (2018)

9. Ben Soto “17” from Raise Your Voice

10. Tony Alderman “Marketing, Religion and the N.R.A” from Second Amendment Songs, Vol. 1 on Babyface Studios

11. The Nice “America (Second Amendment)” from Elegy (Remastered)

This first episode is about America's love/hate relationship with the 2nd Amendment. Here's the playlist:

1. ) Lou Reed “The Gun” from The Blue Mask (1982)

2. The Beatles “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” from The Beatles (White Album) (MP3, 1968) on EMI UK

3. Junior Walker & The All Stars “Shotgun” from The Motown Story, Vol. 1 - The 1960s (2002)

4.Justin Moore “guns” from Outlaws Like Me on Universal Music Group International (USA)

5. Green Day “21 Guns” from 21st Century Breakdown (Deluxe Version) (2009) on Reprise (UK)

6. AC/DC “Fire Your Guns” from The Razors Edge (1990) on Epic

7. Johnny Cash “Don't Take Your Guns to Town” from The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)

8. The Clash “The Guns of Brixton” from London Calling (MP3, 1979)

9. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Ohio” from So far on Rhino Atlantic (USA)

10. Lynyrd Skynyrd “God & Guns” from God & Guns on Roadrunner Records/Loud & Proud

11. Warren Zevon “Lawyers, Guns and Money” from Excitable Boy (1978)

12. Steve Earle “The Devil's Right Hand” from A Tribute to the Man in Black

Songs for Sacco & Vanzetti: Radical Activism, Immigrant Identity, State Sanctioned Murder.

1. Valentina Stella “A saggia elettrica” from A saggia elettrica

2. Alfredo Bascetta “Lacrime 'e cundannati (Ovvero Sacco e Vanzetti)” from Sta terra nun fa pi mia. Little Italies: I dischi a 78 giri e la vita in America degli emigranti italiani del primo Novecento (A cura di Giuliana Fugazzotto) on Nota

3. Ennio Morricone “La sedia electrica” from La sedia electrica

4. Joan Baez “La Ballata di Sacco y Vanzetti” from La Ballata di Sacco y Vanzetti

5. Felipe Radicetti “Carta de Bartolomeu Vanzetti” from Sacco & Vanzetti on Mills Records

6. Felipe Radicetti “Tema da Execução” from Sacco & Vanzetti on Mills Records

7. Felipe Radicetti “Immigrantes” from Sacco & Vanzetti on Mills Records

8. Felipe Radicetti “O Corredor da Morte” from Sacco & Vanzetti on Mills Records

9. Woody Guthrie “Two Good Men (Sacco and Vanzetti)” from Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti (1960) on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

10. Woody Guthrie “Suassos Lane” from Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti (1960) on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

11. Pete Seeger “Sacco's Letter to His Son” from Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti

12. Shade Guevara “Sacco & Vancetti” from Lieder für die Arbeiterklasse

This episode is about the importance of place; where you grew up, and what music had an impact on your identity. (Note: Some tech issues are reflected in the audio quality).

Nevertheless, this playlist was gathered from Yonkersonians and the songs they associate with YOTOWN!

1. Neil Simon “Lost in Yonkers” composed by Elmer Bernstein from Lost in Yonkers

2. Chip Taylor “Yonkers Girls” from Yonkers NY (2009)

3. Simon & Garfunkel “Cecilia” from Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) on Columbia (USA)

4. Rex Smith “You Take My Breath Away” from Sooner or Later (1979) on Columbia/Legacy

5. Barbra Streisand & Louis Armstrong “Hello, Dolly!” from Hello, Dolly! (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (1969)

6. Ella Fitzgerald “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” from Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz (1953)

7. Lovin Spoonful “Summer in the City” from A Real Spoonful of the Lovin Spoonful

8. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “Jimmy Mack (Single Version (Mono))” from 50th Anniversary The Singles Collection 1962-1972 on UNI/MOTOWN

9. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (Single)” from The Ultimate Collection: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (1998) on Motown (USA)

10. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas “Dancing In the Street (Single Stereo)” from The Ultimate Collection: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (1998) on Motown (USA)

11. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels “Devil With a Blue Dress On; Good Golly Miss Molly” from Disc Jockey Hits on Craze Productions

12. Aerosmith “Walk this way” from Aerosmith / Toys In the Attic on Columbia (USA)

13. Lou Reed and the Tots “Vicious” from Vicious

Interview with FREE to Rock producer Doug Yeager, discusses the documentary and music. Playlist includes:

1. Stas Namin & the Flowers - "The Wall"

2. The Cuff Links- "Guided Missiles"

3. Elvis Presley - "Blue Suede Shoes"

4. Pete Anderson and the Swamp Shakers - "Baby I'm Crazy About You"

5. Beatles -"Twist & Shout"

6. Beach Boys -"Break Away"

7. Dean Reed -"This Train"

8. Elektrik Tank -"Red Hot Lipstick"

9. Billy Joel -"Matter of Trust"

10. Scorpions -"Winds of Change"

11. Metallica -"Enter the Sandman"

Second episode highlights Cold War songs from the 1950s up to the late 1960s, and some recent Woody Guthrie. Here's the Playlist:

1. "I'm No Communist" - Lulu Belle & Scotty

2. "Get that Communist, Joe"- The Kavaliers

3. "Sputniks and Mutniks" - Ray Anderson

4. "Hydrogen Bomb" - Al Rex

5. "World's On Fire" - Jay Farrar/Woody Guthrie

6. "Fallout Shelter" - Peter Scott Peters

7. "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire

8. "Dawn of Correction" - The Spokesmen

9. "Ain't I Right" - Marty Robbins

10. "Poor Left Winger" - Janet Greene