Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 6, 2024

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Sat. Apr 27th, 6am - 9am: Guest Diane Foley, author of American Mother (More info...)

Currents with Brian D welcomes Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, the journalist brutally executed by ISIS in 2014. Diane will discuss her new book, "American Mother," and her work to protect US journalists working overseas and to change our country's policy toward citizens taken hostage by terrorist groups.

January 6, 2024: "I'm gonna take the song from every bird..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Gil Scott Heron	I Think I'll Call It Morning   → "I Think I'll Call It Morning" by "Gil Scott Heron"	Pieces of a Man				Ash from Canadian wildfires clouds New York skies. Dave Sanders for The New York Times			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Langston Hughes	The Dream Keeper   → "The Dream Keeper" by "Langston Hughes"	The Dream Keeper				Member of the so-called Central Park 5, Yusef Salaam, after he was elected to the City Council. Jeenah Moon for The New York Times			0:03:16 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan   → "The Partisan" by "Leonard Cohen"	Songs from a Room				Dueling protests at Times Square. Barry Williams/NY Daily News			0:07:41 (Pop-up)
JJJJJerome Ellis	Bend Back The Bow and Let the Hymn Fly   → "Bend Back The Bow and Let the Hymn Fly" by "JJJJJ...	The Clearing				A child on a school bus following a school shooting in Nashville last spring. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean, via Reuters			0:12:33 (Pop-up)
	Clip: ABC Australia-reported irregularities during election in DRC   → "Clip: ABC Australia-reported irregularities durin...								0:23:10 (Pop-up)
Les McCann & Eddie Harris	Compared To What   → "Compared To What" by "Les McCann & Eddie Harris"	Swiss Movement				R.I.P.: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/arts/music/les-mccann-dead.html			0:24:09 (Pop-up)
Les McCann	Soaring (At Dawn) Part I   → "Soaring (At Dawn) Part I" by "Les McCann"	Layers				Toxic cloud following train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Gene J Puskar/Associated Press			0:32:49 (Pop-up)
DJ Mentos	Speaking In Keys   → "Speaking In Keys" by "DJ Mentos"	More with Les - The Jazz Jousters add Les McCann				Protest at Broadway-Lafayette subway station following the killing of Jordan Neely. Barry Williams/NY Daily News			0:38:48 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Scripps-Chinese exchange student victim of cyber-kidnapping   → "Clip: Scripps-Chinese exchange student victim of ...								0:43:07 (Pop-up)
Black Star	No Fear of Time (with Yummy Bingham)   → "No Fear of Time (with Yummy Bingham)" by "Black S...	No Fear of Time				Rescue efforts following earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Emin Ozmen for The New York Times			0:43:31 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes	Footprints   → "Footprints" by "Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmi...	Cosmic Funk				Protests in Israel over proposed judicial reform. Oded Balilty/Associated Press			0:54:35 (Pop-up)
AMP DOG KNIGHTS	Over U   → "Over U" by "AMP DOG KNIGHTS"	Over U				R.I.P.: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/arts/music/amp-fiddler-dead.html			1:00:38 (Pop-up)
Liquid Liquid	Lock Groove (In) / Lock Groove (Out)   → "Lock Groove (In) / Lock Groove (Out)" by "Liquid ...	Slip In and Out of Phenomenon				Homeless encampment on American River in Sacramento, Calif. Residents there affected by flooding this fall. Max Whittaker for The New York Times			1:08:36 (Pop-up)
Chumbawumba	Pass It Along   → "Pass It Along" by "Chumbawumba"	WYSIWYG				Aftermath of bombing in Ukraine. Nicole Tung for The New York Times			1:16:42 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-concerns ahead of Bangladesh election   → "Clip: Reuters-concerns ahead of Bangladesh election"								1:20:06 (Pop-up)
William Butler + Sister Squares	Stop Talking   → "Stop Talking" by "William Butler + Sister Squares"	William Butler + Sister Squares				Haiyun Jiang-The New York Times			1:21:18 (Pop-up)
TALsounds	Slides   → "Slides" by "TALsounds"	Shift				New Orleans summer heatwave. Bryan Tarnowski/The Guardian			1:26:00 (Pop-up)
Mark Van Hoen	Three Suns of Lanuvium   → "Three Suns of Lanuvium" by "Mark Van Hoen"	The First Cause				Jackson, Mississippi water crisis. Rory Doyle/The Guardian			1:32:45 (Pop-up)
False Prophets	Baghdad Stomp   → "Baghdad Stomp" by "False Prophets"	False Prophets				Gaza. Mohammed Salem/Reuters			1:39:24 (Pop-up)
Swans	Blind Love   → "Blind Love" by "Swans"	Children of God				Migrants met by border patrol after cross Rio Grande. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times			1:53:01 (Pop-up)
The Clash	The Magnificent Seven   → "The Magnificent Seven" by "The Clash"	From Here To Eternity				Migrants camped outside Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel. Luiz C. Ribeiro/NY Daily News			2:00:54 (Pop-up)
Menilek	Dub Along the Watchtower   → "Dub Along the Watchtower" by "Menilek"	Son of Solomon				Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times			2:07:03 (Pop-up)
Screensaver	Party Interest   → "Party Interest" by "Screensaver"	Decent Shapes				Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times			2:11:33 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-UK investigators looking into "gang rape" in Metaverse   → "Clip: WION-UK investigators looking into "gang ra...								2:15:27 (Pop-up)
Self-Immolation Music	Hearing Voices   → "Hearing Voices" by "Self-Immolation Music"	Infinity Trip				Maui following the fire. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times			2:16:12 (Pop-up)
Barbara Manning	Temperature's Rising   → "Temperature's Rising" by "Barbara Manning"	Charm of Yesterday… Convenience of Tomorrow				Fort Lauderdale airport floods following heavy rains in April. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinal			2:23:44 (Pop-up)
Studded Left	Isolated Mess   → "Isolated Mess" by "Studded Left"	Everyone Around Here				A Yemeni woman prepares food for her family members at a camp for internally displaced people in Yemen. Yahya Arhab/EPA			2:28:45 (Pop-up)
Bar Italia	Worlds Greatest Emoter   → "Worlds Greatest Emoter" by "Bar Italia"	The Twits				Afghan refugee girls attend class at Syed Jamaluddin high school in Pakistan. Shahzaib Akber/EPA			2:27:19 (Pop-up)
Drop Nineteens	Hard Light   → "Hard Light" by "Drop Nineteens"	Hard Light				After fleeing their home, a family hides while the Myanmar military conducts airstrikes. Photo by Matias Bercovich			2:35:59 (Pop-up)
Tremosphere	Down the Road   → "Down the Road" by "Tremosphere"	Becoming Creatures				A Belarusian woman holds a placard calling for ‘freedom for Belarusian political prisoners’ during a demonstration in Warsaw. SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images			2:38:59 (Pop-up)
Eartheater	Chop Suey   → "Chop Suey" by "Eartheater"	Powders				A house burned down during an attack attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which claims affiliation with militant group Islamic State, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Joel Bibuya/AFP/Getty Images			2:42:58 (Pop-up)
Vagabon	Autobahn   → "Autobahn" by "Vagabon"	Sorry I Haven't Called				Fireworks make patterns in the sky over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin. Adam Berry/Getty Images			2:46:57 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	When Saturday Comes   → "When Saturday Comes" by "The Undertones"	Positive Touch / The Sin of Pride				People celebrate in China’s south-western Chongqing municipality. AFP/Getty Images			2:52:24 (Pop-up)
Ramones	I Wanna Be Sedated   → "I Wanna Be Sedated" by "Ramones"	Greatest Hits							2:55:18 (Pop-up)