Stranger Songs
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 with Mike Regenstreif
Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-2024)
The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is "Remembering Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon."
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon was a noted singer – probably best known for founding and leading the a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. She was a prominent civil rights activist and a member of The SNCC Freedom Singers in the 1960s. Later, she served as cultural historian in music history at the Smithsonian Institution, curator of music history for the National Museum of American History, and as a distinguished professor of history at American University. She died on July 16 at age 81.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| River of Life Bernice Johnson Reagon - River of Life: Harmony One - Flying Fish |
| Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round The SNCC Freedom Singers - Voices of the Civil Rights Movement - Smithsonian Folkways |
| We Shall Not Be Moved The SNCC Freedom Singers - Voices of the Civil Rights Movement - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom The SNCC Freedom Singers - Voices of the Civil Rights Movement - Smithsonian Folkways |
| I’m Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail Len Chandler & Bernice Johnson Reagon - The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Backlash Blues Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger Now - Columbia |
| Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger Now - Columbia |
| Taint But Me One Bernice Johnson Reagon & Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger Now - Columbia |
| There is More Love Somewhere Bernice Johnson Reagon - River of Life: Harmony One - Flying Fish |
| Cotton Needed Pickin’ So Bad Bernice Johnson Reagon - Pete Seeger Now - Columbia |
| Oh Mary, Don't You Weep Bernice Johnson Reagon, Kim & Reggie Harris - Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2 - Appleseed |
| Joan Little Sweet Honey in the Rock - Selections 1976-1988 - Flying Fish |
| Echo Sweet Honey in the Rock - Selections 1976-1988 - Flying Fish |
| As Long As I Have Breath in My Body Sweet Honey in the Rock - Selections 1976-1988 - Flying Fish |
| My Way Sweet Honey in the Rock - Selections 1976-1988 - Flying Fish |
| Your Country Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Remember Me Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Long Way Journey Home Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Venture’s Song Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Come Unto Me Sweet Honey in the Rock - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| What Kind of Land Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Balm in Gilead Bernice Johnson Reagon - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery - Rykodisc |
| Since I Laid My Burden Down Bernice Johnson Reagon - River of Life: Harmony One - Flying Fish |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Ah, very nice moment for me, as cell signal coming back after vacationers gone, I get to not only enjoy, but learn, from.the Caretaker of Folk, my last approximative entry being suggesting Sweet Honey In The Rock to David Dalle!
4:04 PM, August 6th, 2024