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Musical guests connected with the labor movement. 
Hosted by Sandra Butler-Truesdale.

“If there is one woman that D.C. has love for, it's got to be vocalist Pam Parker. The chanteuse blends Billie's precision with Aretha's brand of soul. Parker's been using her perfect, classic voice to lure in crowds in the area for years — it's the combination of sweet tone, spot-on vibrato and something hauntingly reminiscent of jazz singers of old that makes seeing her live addictive.” – Express Night Out

Pam also has one of the prettiest voices in the union and social justice communities. She is a journeyman union electrician.who has performed for many different unions and causes from an early age.

Read more here.

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Musical guests connected with the labor movement. Hosted by Chris Bangert-Drowns

In June, 2015, Ryan Harvey launched Firebrand Records with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello to build a platform for radical, political artists globally. Ryan's performances are part story-telling, part song, and part stand-up political comedy.

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Musical guests connected with the labor movement. Hosted by Chris Bangert-Drowns
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Part story-telling, part song, and part stand-up political comedy, Baltimore-based Ryan Harvey presents kaleidoscopic narratives of political history and personal stories aimed at moving the listener to act on serious issues effecting the world today. Long blending music and activism, in 2015 Ryan launched Firebrand Records with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello to support fellow politically-charged musicians. A year later he recorded the previously unfinished Woody Guthrie song “Old Man Trump” with Morello and Ani DiFranco, which Guthrie penned while living in a segregated apartment complex owned by Donald Trump’s father Fred. Last year Ryan released a two-part album with Kareem Samara and Shireen Lilith called “Thin Blue Border,” which blends American and Arabic protest folk music. He has taken his powerful performances around the world for almost two decades. Find out more at ryanharveymusic.com

Hosted by Chris Garlock

Music and conversation with the DC Labor Chorus, performing Bev Grant's "We Were There."
Directed by Elise Bryant, Steve Jones on piano. Singers: Larry Bostian, Becky Daiss, Wes Eastridge, Huayra Forster, Nancy Magill, Susan McNelis, Junette Pinkney, David Sands, Paulette Saunders, Susan Schreiber, Ashley See & Sarah Starrett. 

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Chris Bangert-Drowns and Robin Smith. 

Hosted by Chris Garlock

Music and conversation with jazz quartet Black Coffee, led by retired IBEW member Dick Bissell on drums, Don Oliver (bass), Jared Marx (keyboard) and Fred Puhala (sax). 
Setlist: Georgia, Satin Doll, Night Train, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, C Jam Blues.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Robin Smith, Chris Bangert-Drowns and Katea Stitt. 

Hosted by Chris Garlock

Music and conversation with Desanguashington, a Colombian American band from Washington, D.C, that fuses traditional Colombian folk music with more modern sounds including pop and rock. Guitarist Richard works at CASA.   
Considered one of the premier world music bands in the Washington, D.C. area, and a favorite of the Latino community and those who enjoy international music, Desanguashington comes to WPFW to share some of their original songs -- currently recording in studio-- and some classics of Colombian folklore.  
Find out more: Website; Facebook; Twitter or Instagram

Hosted by Chris Garlock

​Music and conversation with members of the DC Labor Chorus, previewing their December 1 20th anniversary concert, honoring founding director Elise Bryant. Click here for details. Click here for the livestream on Facebook. 

​Hosted by Elise Bryant

​Music and conversation with the inimitable Pam Parker and the irrepressible Steve Jones.

​Hosted by Chris Garlock

CLICK HERE to check out videos from the  show!
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MOOSE JAW BLUEGRASS plays bluegrass rooted in the high lonesome sound of the 1940’s - sullied by an affinity for cheap brews, swampy southern rock anthems, and stamped with an outlaw country attitude: Moose Jaw brings the timeless tradition of American roots music into a new era. The band focuses putting a new spin on the old-time tales of ramblers, rovers, and revivals. Since 2016, audiences from all walks of life have hooted and hollered at Moose Jaw’s “blazing fast, workin’ class, and often crass brand of bluegrass.” 

Bass player Geff King (2nd from right) played a labor festival with Hazel Dickens; Jason Roe (banjo, middle) is in the organizing department at the IAM, and a member of OPEIU local 2; Stacey Sinclair (fiddle, second from left) is in the teacher's union; Addison Bartlett (mandolin, right), Josh Taylor (left) and Jason's grandfather was an IBEW Local 26 electrician, Jason's father (Josh's uncle) is currently an assistant business agent there.

www.moosejawbluegrass.com
facebook.com/moosejawbluegrass

Engineered by Ciera Shine
 
 
 
 

Hosted by Chris Garlock

​This award-winning hard driving bluegrass band has only been together since January 2018, but they’ve already won the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Competition.
Made up of of five of the most promising up-and-comers on the D.C. bluegrass scene, Moonlight Drive mixes progressive bluegrass, country, and traditional American music with a solid dose of the traditional bluegrass the band members grew up immersed in.
Led by Shannon Bielski’s driving vocals and fiddle, Moonlight Drive features Kyle Windbeck on mandolin, Rob Benzing on banjo, Parker Gondella on guitar and Greg Mulley (AFGE member) playing bass.  Together they deliver a hard hitting bluegrass performance that is sure to please any audience.
Find out more on their Facebook page

Labor [email protected] produced by Jason Roe; engineering by Ciera Shine and Robin Smith; photo by Chris Garlock.