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MERKHABIA w/ KeiyaA - Poetry Special

New York, 08.03.22

With KeiyaA

This month’s show is a “Poetry Special”, on the relationship between poetry and music for black artists. This show features an hour of poems and music by black artists engaging in commentary about their lived experiences and the structures that shape them.

Tracklist

  • Jayne Cortez, The Firespitters 
    She Got He Got
  • Kayne West
    All Falls Down
  • TLC 
    Unpretty
  • Slauson Malone 
    01/01/09, My Feet’s Hurt “I Was A Fugitive But Then I Realized There Was Nowhere I Could Run To”
  • Lucille Clifton
    On What Poetry Is
  • Irreversible Entanglements 
    Bread Out of Stone
  • Pat Parker, Judy Grahn 
    Tour America!
  • Irreversible Entanglements 
    The Code Noir/Amina
  • Darktwaine X Mike Epps
    I Love The Hood (KeiyaA Quick Mashup)
  • Pat Parker, Judy Grahn 
    Pit Stop
  • Shungu 
    Touch By Sun
  • Jayne Cortez 
    How Long Has Trane Been Gone
  • Lilblackkids, Georgia Anne Muldrow
    Friday
  • Latasha N Nevada Diggs
    Damn Right It’s Betta Than Yours
  • Langston Hughes & Charles Mingus
    Same In Blues / Comment On Curb
  • Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan feat. Chaka Khan 
    Close The Door
  • Gil Scott-Heron 
    Whitey On The Moon