Common Sense Songs, hosted by Graham and Barbara Dean, airs every Wednesday from 8- 10 p.m. on WBCR-lp 97.7fm Great Barrington MA, streaming at  < The show is repeated Friday from 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. The show can also be heard for 2 weeks on Spinitron.

       February is Black History Month. In 1926 Carter G. Woodson created the first celebration of Negro History Week. At Kent State Black History Month was celebrated for the first time in 1970. It was officially recognised by Gerald Ford in 1976 during the bicentennial.

"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", Linda Tillery and The Cultural Heritage Choir, Say Yo' Business, Earth Beat!

"Battle Cry", Misty Blues, Single, Guitar One.

"Give Your Hands to Struggle", Sweet Honey In the Rock, In This Land, Earth Beat!

"Neshoba County", Eric Bibb, In The Real World, Stony Plain.

"Those Three Are On My Mind", Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie, Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Folk Era.

"In The Mississippi River", Matthew and Marshall Jones, Let My People Go, Appleseed.

"Tulsa", Kemp Harris, The America Chronicles, Kemp Harris Music.

"Before The Fire", Jane Fallon, Songs On Purpose, Town Farm Books and Music.

"Mama Can I Go To School Today", Jane Fallon, Sweet Resilience, Self Released.

"God's Gonna Make Things Over", Guy Davis, Br Ready When I Call You, MC Records.

"Take This Hammer", Rev. Robrt B. Jones Sr., An Evening With Leadbelly, Common Chords Records.

"Midnight Special", Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr., An Evening With Leadbelly, Common Chords Records.

"Ain't Gonna Study War No More", Leadbelly, Protest Songs, Not Now Music.

"Where Did You Sleep last Night", Jake Blount, Spider Tales, Free Dirt.

"Ol' Proc", Dom Flemons, Black Cowboys, Smithsonian Folkways.

"He's a Lone Ranger", Dom Flemons, Black Cowboys, Smithsonian Folkways.

"$20 Bill", Tom Prasada Rao, Single, Self Released.

"Fire In Ferguson", Emma's Revolution, Revolution Now, Moving Forward Music.

"Cry Carolina", Magpie, Give LIght, Long Tail Records.

"That's Alright", Ranky Tanky, Ranky Tanky, Resilience Music.

"We shall Overcome", Guy Carawan, Classic Protest Songs, Smithsonian Folkways.


Please send CDs to P.O.Box 332, Great Barrington, MA 01230. We are unlikely to use downloads

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