KSUT will offer the following special programming in celebration of Black History Month during February:
BARRELHOUSE BLUES, Tuesday 7-9 PM - During Black History Month, Barrelhouse Blues will explore decades of Black music that had the biggest impact on American culture, including the 1950’s, when Black musicians provided the genesis for rock & roll, and the 1960’s, when Black artists and their music became an important part of America’s mainstream music culture.
TALES OF THE NEW WEST, Wednesday, February 17, 7-9 PM - This episode of Tales of the New West will be a Black History Month special, with music from Charley Pride, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Valerie June, Rhiannon Giddens, Taj Mahal and many others. The Tales from KSUT Presents segment that night will be a KSUT Session with Shemekia Copeland.
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Say It Loud traces the last 50 years of Black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the political spectrum. With recordings unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available here for the first time,
Say It Loud includes landmark speeches by Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry Louis Gates, and many others.
Bringing the rich immediacy of the spoken word to a vital historical and intellectual tradition,
Say It Loud reveals the diversity of ideas and arguments pulsing through the Black freedom movement.
POSTPONED: Sunday, February 14 at 1-4 p.m.
Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans, hosted by Haitian-American and New Orleans artist and musician,
Leyla McCalla, a founding member of Our Native Daughters & the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. The 3-part audio docu-series, produced by WXPN of Philadelphia, chronicles the history of Haiti and Haitian influences on the music, culture, and community of New Orleans. KSUT will broadcast this special series on the first three Sundays of February at 2 PM.
Because of the island’s Caribbean location, its history as a Spanish and French colony, and past trade enabled by West African slaves, Haiti’s music is richly diverse in styles, incorporating native Taíno, African, French, and Spanish influences. These cultural traditions made their way to New Orleans when more than 10,000 free and enslaved Haitians immigrated to the city after the slave uprising at the turn of the 19th century.
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Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans is a three hour documentary hosted by Haitian-American and New Orleans based artist and musician, Leyla McCalla, a founding member of Our Native Daughters & alumna of the GRAMMY award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. Leyla’s work unearthing history and musical tradition, combined with her knowledge of cultural hybridization and her own identity as a Haitian-American have given her a unique voice and perspective. Her music reflects her eclectic and diverse life experiences, projecting respect for eloquent simplicity that is rarely achieved. The program airs at 10AM starting Sunday, February 7.
Kanaval! will have you up off your feet in no time flat
WXPN project will explore Haiti’s influence on New Orleans’ music, culture and community
“Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans”
is a compelling story that is being told through a content-rich website and a national radio documentary set to air in February during Black History Month, in addition to a series of special musical, theatrical and community events.
Distributed through NPR, the “Kanaval” audio docu-series ties the nation of Haiti and city of New Orleans through an historical perspective, focusing on the music that connects them. It is produced by Alex Lewis, an award-winning independent radio producer and musician whose projects include “Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio,” and WXPN’s “Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul,” among many other projects. WXPN Assistant Station Manager Bruce Warren and General Manager Roger LaMay are the project’s executive producers, and the s