Jorge Arévalo Mateus' Podcast
by Jorge Arévalo Mateus
"Hurdy Gurdy Songs" is a new show exploring the breadth and depth of resistance songs across ethnic, national and generational lines. Produced and hosted by Jorge Arevalo Mateus, Executive Director of the Association for Cultural Equity-Alan Lomax Archive and co-founder of the Woody Guthrie Archives, the program will present classic artists and performances alongside obscure, unknown and emerging singers and players, drawing from repertoires of resistance songs both local and wide. Hurdy Gurdy highlights the struggles of the people -- showcasing individuals, communities and social movements from traditional protests to the latest rage, through songs created in response and resistance.
Episodes
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs: The Ballad of Josh White, Hurdy Gurdy Man (HGS#33)
The Ballad of Josh White, with guests Elijah Wald and Doug Yeager. Here's the playlist: 1. Jim Crow Train - Josh White (Josh White: American Folk Hero) 2. Scandalous & a Shame - Blind Joe Taggart (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 1926-1928, Document Records) 3. Jesus...
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs - Issac Sawyer, the State of Rap Address (#32) BHM
Las Vegas-Bronx rapper Isaac Sawyer guests on Hurdy Gurdy Songs, playing his music and discussing current trends and what's happening in the NYC hip-hop scene. Here's the playlist (program starts at 0:34): 1. Night Owl-Black Mambo Dreams 2. My Song 2-Isaac Sawyer 3. Resolutions-Isaac Sawyer 4.…
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HG#28 COLD WARS & WALLS: POLAND
The film "Cold War" serves as the inspiration and exploration of Polish national identity through cultural mixture and romance. Here's the playlist (also on Spinitron.com): 1. Chór Dana “Oj Dana, Dana” from Pierwsi Polscy Rewelersi on 4everMUSIC 2. Witold Lutoslawski, Pawel Lukaszewski, SWR “10...
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Holy Jazz, part one (HG#23)
Jazz and the spirit, and the spirit of Jazz. Here's the playlist: 1. Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra “We Shall Overcome” from Dream Keeper on Universal Music Division Decca Records France 2. Alice Coltrane “Journey in Satchidananda” from Journey in Satchidananda (1971) on GRP…
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs (#22) FREEDOM JAZZ, Episode 1
Jazz is socially conscious. Jazz artists are activists of sound. Jazz is a Freedom Dance. Here's the playlist: 1. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra “Black and Blue” from The Essential Louis Armstrong (1979) 2. Dave Brubeck & Louis Armstrong and His Band “Cultural Exchange” from The Real…
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs of Migrants #20
Songs about global migrants, itininerant workers, wanderers and refugees. Here's the playlist: 1. Rachid Taha “Algerian Tango” from Zoom on naïve 2. Rachid Taha “H'Asbu-Hum” from Tekitoi on Universal Music Division Barclay 3. Common “A Song For Assata (feat. Cee-Lo)” from Like Water For Chocolate...
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Hurdy Gurdy Election Day Songs - episode #19
Election Day tunes, across the Red/Blue divide, including the playlist: 1. Neneh Cherry “Kong” from Broken Politics (2018) 2. Ry Cooder “The Wall Street Part of Town” from Election Special (2012) on Nonesuch (USA) 3. Ry Cooder “Kool Aid” from Election Special (2012) on Nonesuch (USA) 4. Ry Cooder...
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs(#18): POLITICIANS
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...
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Hurdy Gurdy VOTING Songs!
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...
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs #13, part 1: GUNS, GUNS, GUNS!
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...
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs #12 - Canzone Anarchica
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...
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HGS#11 - YOTOWN! Yonkers, where true love conquers!
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…
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs Episode #9 - Cold Wars, Part 2
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.…
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs - Walls and Cold Wars, part 1 (#8)
Since we're reliving Cold War tensions and proliferation of Walls, here are some Hurdy Gurdy Songs: 1. Jawaher Shofani “Nami (Lament)” from Lullabies from the Axis of Evil (2004) 2. Amalio Martinez, Leonor Almanza & Mimi Goese “Lonely Traveler / la Enorme Distancia” from Songs Across Walls of...
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs #7- President Blues & more.
Here's the playlist. Enjoy! Will. I. Am. “Yes We Can” from Yes We Can NAS “Black President” from Nas on NAS / SONY Jadakiss, Style P, Common “Why” from Why Augie and the Black Tears “Obama Blues” from Obama Blues - Single on Kevin Kat Records Tail Dragger “Hillary” from Hillary Le Tigre “I'm with...
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HG#6 President Blues - Part 1
With special guest Lamont Jack Pearly, here's the playlist of Blues songs about US presidents and the Hurdy Gurdy blues that come with them: 1. J.B. Lenoir - "Eisenhower Blues" (2:51) 2. Little Walter -"Dead Presidents" (2:52) 3. Avery Brady-"Poor Kennedy" (2:40) 4. Champion Jack…
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Hurdy Gurdy Songs Episode 1
The inaugural program, which is an eclectic "sampler", starts at 9:55 (fast-forward). Future episodes will be complete. Enjoy!
About this show
"Hurdy Gurdy Songs" is a new show exploring the breadth and depth of resistance songs across ethnic, national and generational lines. Produced and hosted by Jorge Arevalo Mateus, Executive Director of the Association for Cultural Equity-Alan Lomax Archive and co-founder of the Woody Guthrie Archives, the program will present classic artists and performances alongside obscure, unknown and emerging singers and players, drawing from repertoires of resistance songs both local and wide. Hurdy Gurdy highlights the struggles of the people -- showcasing individuals, communities and social movements from traditional protests to the latest rage, through songs created in response and resistance.
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