This week, like many of you I'm sure, we had our plans spoiled last minute by the coming of Omicron, and I had to scramble to set up a show from home...but we still got it in! And paid tribute to the incredible bell hooks and the genius of Robbie Shakespeare.
P.S. I know the holiday season can be rough even in the best circumstances so here's my annual message of solidarity, a little early this year <3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHMwB3x2ho
Partial playlist
Sweet Honey in the Rock - We All...Every One Of Us
Anushka - So Far Journey
Sly & the Family Stone - Say You Will
Sa-Roc - Revolution (instrumental)
Little Simz - One Life, Might Live
Chaka Khan - Shining Star
Gil Scott-Heron - Not Needed
Dizzy Gillespie - Matrix
Zion I - One Chance
Terri Lyne Carrington ft. Nona Hendryx - Sisters on the Rise (a Transformation)
Labelle - Goin On a Holiday
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Old School Fonk
Ebo Taylor - Heaven
Judy Mowatt - Black Woman
Budos Band - Golden Dunes
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
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Robbie Shakespeare tribute set:
Sly & Robbie - Disgraceful
Sly & Robbie - African Roots
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Sly & Robbie - Living in Dub
Black Uhuru - Spoonjie Reggae
No Doubt - Underneath It All
Sly & Robbie w/ Shinehead and Henry Threadgill - Boops (Here We Go)
Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan remix)
Grace Jones - Pull It Up to the Bumper (US Party version)
Pliers - Bam Bam