In this show we pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King by taking a quick tour through songs calling for peace, justice, and unity from 1956 to 2010. Like it or not, there’s no lack of material to address on this issue as warfare, poverty and racism continue to plague our planet. Music is an important way to gather resources and create community for those who work for change, and an essential source of inspiration for just about everyone else. I arranged this show more or less chronologically to show that music calling for justice and invoking our essential unity has never gone out of style.
| Hour 1 | ||||
| Artist | Song | Album | Year | Play time |
| R.E.M. | Maps & Legends | Fables of the Reconstruction | 1985 | 3.11 |
| Nick Lowe | (What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace | Untouched Takeaway | 1974/2004 | 4.04 |
| Love and Understanding? | ||||
| Odetta | Man Done Gone | Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues | 1956 | 2.00 |
| Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-Changin’ | The Times They Are A-Changin’ | 1964 | 3.17 |
| Peter, Paul & Mary | Down By the Riverside | Around the Campfire | 2.39 | |
| Judy Collins | Get Together | Live at Newport | 2.53 | |
| Joan Baez | Imagine | 3.27 | ||
| Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | What’s Going On | 1971 | 5.33 |
| Stevie Wonder | Village Ghetto Land | Songs in the Key of Life | 1976 | 3.25 |
| India.Arie | Ghetto | Testimony, Vol. 2: Love & Politics | 2009 | 3.11 |
| The Tempations | Ball of Confusion | Hitsville U.S.A. | 1970 | 4.04 |
| Joe Cocker | Come Together | Hymn for My Soul | 2007 | 4.23 |
| Buffalo Springfield | For What It’s Worth | 2.37 | ||
| Linkin Park | Wisdom, Justice and Love | A Thousand Suns | 2010 | 1.39 |
| U2 | Pride (In the Name of Love) | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | 4.27 |
| Hour 2 | ||||
| Artist | Song | Album | Year | Play time |
| Elvis Costello | (What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace | 1979 | 3.33 | |
| Love and Understanding? | ||||
| The Clash | The Call Up | Sandinista! | 1980 | 5.28 |
| The Sex Pistols | Holidays in the Sun | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s | 1977 | 3.23 |
| the Sex Pistols | ||||
| R.E.M. | World Leader Pretend | Green | 1988 | 4.18 |
| Indigo Girls | Strange Fire | Strange Fire | 1987 | 5.29 |
| Jane Siberry | Love is Everything | When I Was A Boy | 1993 | 5.51 |
| Smashing Pumpkins | Disarm | Siamese Dream | 1993 | 3.18 |
| Patti Smith | People Have the Power | Dream of Life | 1988 | 5.1 |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | We Don’t Stop | Everyone Deserves Music | 2003 | 4.36 |
| Hamell on Trial | Don’t Kill | Tough Love | 2003 | 3.27 |
| James | Hey Ma | Hey Ma | 2008 | 4.09 |
| Da Boogie Man | MLK Speech | Rated-G | 2010 | 1.03 |
| U2 | MLK | The Unforgettable Fire | 1984 | 2.34 |
