Janis Joplin | Down On Me
"Down on Me" is a traditional freedom song from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its remake 50 years ago (1967) by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company. (Wikipedia)
Bint El Shalabiyya and Kalinka Mashup - Maan Hamadeh
Music, where cultures meet and perform mad dances. Arabic, Spanish and Russian influences power this mashup.
Fats Domino | Ain't That A Shame
New Orleans native Fats Domino (1928-2017) left school to work in a bedspring factory at age 14, and went on to sell over 100 million albums, influencing everything from rhythm and blues, ska, and the Beatles.
Lance Canales & The Flood | Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)
Hands down the most compelling version of Woody Guthrie's 'Deportee,' as a grandson takes ownership of the history and the living challenge of justice for immigrants.
C Jam Blues | Robi Botos, piano, Dave Young, Bass, and Alvin Queen, Drums
U.S. Homeland Security has informed jazz great Alvin Queen that he will not be able to enter the country to perform at a concert in Washington, D.C. next month because of a brush with the law over 50 years ago, when Queen was a minor. Here is Queen on the drums in Oscar Peterson's C Jam Blues.
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