Michael Mwenso on “Message Music” with host Stephen Kallao

Artist and educator, Michael Mwenso stops by for a new feature called Message Music. He’ll guide us through an exploration of the deeper meaning of music that matters. We’ll kick things off with songs from three different women, including one by a very young Aretha Franklin.

*Shawn Colvin “Shotgun Down The Avalanche” Steady On
Mwenso & The Shakes “No Regrets” Emergence
Aretha Franklin “Yield Not To Temptation” Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel
Sister Rosetta Tharpe “This Train” The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection
Ethel Waters “Supper Time” Am I Blue
Natalie Bergman “Paint The Rain” Mercy
Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed In Sunbeams
The Jesus And Mary Chain “Sometimes Always” Stoned & Dethroned
U2 “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” All That You Can’t Leave Behind
The Marias “Hush” Cinema
Love And Rockets “So Alive” Love And Rockets
Deep Sea Diver “Impossible Weight” Impossible Weight
The Decemberists “When The War Came” The Crane Wife

Hour Two
*Mondo Cozmo “Plastic Soul” Plastic Soul
Julien Baker “Heatwave” Little Oblivions
Bon Iver “Calgary” Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Michigander “Better” Everything Will Be Ok Eventually
XTC “Generals & Majors” Black Sea
The Weather Station “Parking Lot” Ignorance
George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” All Things Must Pass
Margo Price “Hurtin’ (On The Bottle)” Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Hayes Carll “Bad Liver And A Broken Heart” Trouble In Mind
Cake “Strangers In The Night” Stubbs The Zombie Soundtrack
Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” Gorillaz
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself” Natty Dread
Y La Bamba “Cuatro Crazy” Mujeres

*Optional Song