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Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté June 7th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland and Balla Kouyaté

It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Shemekia Copeland photo by Mike White

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: After Hours Peter Drake & Little Roy Wiggins
    The Fabulous Steel Guitar Slunds of Pete Drake , Gusto
  • Travelin Blues T Bone Walker
    The Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954 , Capitol
  • T Bone Shuffle Charley Crockett
    Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza, Son of Davy
  • Night Train to Memphis Jerry Lee Lewis
    A Taste of Country , Sun
  • Midnight Run James Hand
    Shadow on the Ground , Rounder
  • Jamestown Ferry Charley Crockett
    Lil' GL's Honky Tonk Jubilee, Son of Davy
  • Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
    The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury
  • Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
    Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles, Craft
  • Instrumental: Detour Duane Eddy
    Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel, Jame Record Co.
  • Dirt Road Blues Bob Dylan
    Time Out of Mind, Columbia
  • I Love My Rancho Grande Freddy Fender
    Before the Next Teardrop Falls , Geffen
  • SEGMENT: Charley Crockett

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  • Instrumental: Pflugerville Boogie Bill Neely
    Bill Neely-Texas Law and Justice, Arhoolie
  • Deep Elm Blues Bill Neely
    Bill Neely-Texas Law & Justice , Arhoolie
  • Dallas Blues Floyd Dixon
    High Notes of the Fifties, Frank Goldy
  • I Walked from Dallas Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
    Blues Come From Texas, Arhoolie
  • Ramblin' on My Mind James Booker
    James Booker-Classified , Rounder
  • End Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
    Red Headed Stranger, Sony

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Listen to Me Mother Springfield Exit
    That Was Then, Patuxent Music
  • Sunny Side of the Mountain Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Martin
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Capitol Records
  • Comin' Round the Mountain Uncle Dave Macon and Sam Mcgee
    Country Music-A Film by Ken Burns, Soundtrack, Sony
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Hurray for the Riff Raff
    Small Town Heroes, ATO Records
  • High on a Mountain Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals
    High on a Mountain, Rounder
  • Mountain of Love Johnny Rivers
    Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits, Soul City
  • Instrumental: Wildwood Flower Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs
    Second Generation, Revel Records
  • Run Mountain Carolina Chocolate Drops
    Leaving Eden , Nonesuch
  • My Clinch Mountain Home Carter Family
    Can the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music's First Family, Sony
  • Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash
    The Essential Johnny Cash, Sony
  • SEGMENT: Springfield Exit

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  • Instrumental: Guitar and Harmonica Rag John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
    Living Country Blues, Vol. 1, L+R Records
  • The Hitchhiker Tom T. Hall
    100 Children, Mercury
  • That's How I Got to Memphis Solomon Burke
    Nashville, Shout1, Factory
  • Barnyard Dance Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong
    The Barnyard Dance-Martin Bogan and Armstrong, Rounder
  • Homegrown Tomatoes Guy Clark
    Better Days, Compass Records
  • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
    Ella and Louis Again, Verve
  • End Bed: Burgundy Street Blues George Lewis
    Jazz at Preservation Hall, Atlantic

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