Folkways Collection:The Women’s Movement

Adam has written before, here, here, here, here , here and here, about this marvellous series from the Folkways Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., originally done in conjunction with CKUA Radio in Canada, being broadcast on National Radio just after the 11 pm news on Friday Nights. Podcast available here.

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Episode 15: Music and the Winds of Change: The Women’s Movement

Moses Asch was committed to supporting and reflecting the struggle for equality by American women through a number of the artists featured on Folkways, among them Peggy Seeger. This Program reviews the material on this subject and features interviews with prominent contemporary female artists, reflecting on the contribution of Folkways to the women’s movement. This is the third of three programmes entitled Music and the Winds of Change.

Here are two Malvina Reynolds songs

Heather Lev performing Reynold’s classic protest song ‘It isn’t nice”

The next clip is Pete Seeger performing Reynolds classic song of social commentary – Little Boxes, now known to many as the song played over the Weeds TV show credits.