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Thread #161139   Message #3826944
Posted By: Thomas Stern
16-Dec-16 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Social Justice-2006 colloquium
Subject: Songs of Social Justice-2006 colloquium
recently came across a 2-CD set, recorded in 2006 at the University
of Rhode Island URI.
Don't see it mentioned on Mudcat, but search may not have found it.
There is a link to information about the release, but the website
mentioned for purchase is no longer active.
Is the set no longer available ???
http://web.uri.edu/quadangles/songs-of-social-justice-available-on-cd/

"URI hosted musical history when the 2006 Honors Colloquium, "Songs of Social Justice: The Rhetoric of Music," explored how music has, and will always be, a constant theme in shaping the political and social experience.
Such accomplished musicians as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tom Paxton, and the late Utah Phillips participated, sharing their thoughts and their music live Edwards Auditorium. The series was captured in a just released two-disc compilation CD, fittingly called Songs of Social Justice.
"The recordings are stunningly good, beautifully recorded, nicely edited, and capture some wonderfully unique performances. These may be the best recordings ever made of some of these artists, " said musical legend and flat-picking pioneer Dan Crary."

CD contents:
note: each song has an INTRO track, and a SONG track, I have
NOT shown that in this list.
CD1
MOTHER JONES - Utah Phillips
MINERS LIFEGUARD - Faith Petrick
ON THE ROAD FROM SREBRENICA - Tom Paxton
SER COMO EL AIRE LIBRE - Agustin Lira
DEPORTEE - Patricia Wells-Solórzano
BAD BAD GIRL - Peggy Seeger
WASN'T THAT A TIME - Ronnie GIlbert
ROSIE JANE - Rosalie Sorrels
TOO MANY MARTYRS - Kim & Reggie Harris
Commentary: Political Songs - Sonny Ochs
GIVE LIGHT - Magpie
BUSSES AEE A-COMIN - Bernard Lafayette
CD2
WITNESS - Ember Swift
PEG - Ember Swift with Lyndell Montgomery
THE CORPORATE WELFARE SONG - Anne Feeney
JENIN - David Rovics
GHOST DANCE - Bill Miller
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - Buffy Sainte-Marie
NOT ANOTHER MOTHER'S SON - Joyce Katzburg
WE ARE ONE - Karen Brandow Karen Brandow & Charlie King
PEACE PIN BOOGIE - Bill Vanaver Vanaver Caravan
MY PEACE - Nora Guthrie
THE LONG MEMORY - Utah Phillips

I would be interested in hearing more about this
colloquium and the associated group at URI. Thanks.

Thomas