If Music Could Talk

If Music Could Talk – Jan 18 2026

Sun, Jan 18, 2026

Re-airing last year’s show form Jan 29 2025 ..  the eve of Martin Luther King Day with some excerpts from his most famous speeches which retain their power & relevance to this day – plus some classic gospel, jazz and soul from old vinyl records

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Playlist

    Time: January 18 - 7:02:45 pm
  • Platinum Jazz

    War, “H2Overture”

    from Platinum Jazz

    Avenue Records - 1977

    • Time: January 18 - 7:04:10 pm
  • Mister Magic

    Grover Washington, Jr., “Mister Magic”

    from Mister Magic

    Motown - 1975

    • Time: January 18 - 7:09:54 pm
  • Hey, Love

    Rotary Connection, “I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Remastered)”

    from Hey, Love

    Geffen - 1971

    • Time: January 18 - 7:12:19 pm
  • Cymande

    Cymande, “Dove”

    from Cymande

    Partisan Records / Liberator Music - 1971

    • Time: January 18 - 7:15:53 pm
  • The Bell Didn't Toll (feat. The Combined Choirs Of Atlanta, GA.)

    Dorothy Norwood, “Anyhow Lord (feat. The Combined Choirs Of Atlanta, GA.)”

    from The Bell Didn't Toll (feat. The Combined Choirs Of Atlanta, GA.)

    Savoy Records - 1965

    • Time: January 18 - 7:19:20 pm

  • Rev. James Cleveland, “Get Right Church”

    from The Love Of God

    Phoenix

    • Time: January 18 - 7:22:44 pm

  • The Violinaires, “Another Year”

    from I'm going to serve the lord

    Checker

    • Time: January 18 - 7:25:17 pm

  • Rev. Cleophus Robinson, “Shady Green Pastures”

    from He Did It All

    Peacock

    • Time: January 18 - 7:30:47 pm

  • Rev. Cleophus Robinson, “In the Garden”

    from He Did It All

    Peacock

    • Time: January 18 - 7:33:17 pm

  • Rev Martin Luther King Jr, “Historic Speech Delivered in Wash D.C. August 28, 1963”

    from Funeral Services

    Brotherhood Records

    • Time: January 18 - 7:38:42 pm

  • Dr. C.J. Johnson and his Family, “Hold The Line”

    from Old Time Song Service - Recorded Live in Atlanta GA

    SAVOY - 1976

    • Time: January 18 - 7:41:04 pm

  • The Sensational Nightingales, “My Sisters and Brothers”

    from My Sisters and Brothers

    ABC

    • Time: January 18 - 7:44:33 pm
  • Sing

    The Caravans, “Rough Side of the Mountain”

    from Sing

    Savoy Records - 1961

    • Time: January 18 - 7:48:03 pm

  • The D.C. Aires, “The Long Road”

    from If you Don't Want To Serve The Lord

    HOB - Scepter

    • Time: January 18 - 7:53:32 pm

  • The Consolers, “The Old Hands of Mine”

    from Greatest Hits

    Nashboro Records

    • Time: January 18 - 8:01:00 pm

  • The Consolers, “Don't Let Nothing Shake Your Faith”

    from Greatest Hits

    Nashboro Records

    • Time: January 18 - 8:10:46 pm

  • The Neville Brothers, “Sitting In Limbo”

    from Treacherous

    RHINO

    • Time: January 18 - 8:15:30 pm

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream speech”

    from Funeral Services

    Brotherhood Records

    • Time: January 18 - 8:22:51 pm

  • John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane, “Living Space”

    from Infinity

    Impulse

    • Time: January 18 - 8:25:34 pm

  • Jimi Hendrix, “Somewhere over the Rainbow”

    from Crash landing

    Reprise

    • Time: January 18 - 8:30:06 pm
  • Curtis/Live! (Live @ Bitter End, NYC)

    Curtis Mayfield, “People Get Ready (Live)”

    from Curtis/Live! (Live @ Bitter End, NYC)

    Rhino - 1971

    • Time: January 18 - 8:40:00 pm
  • Eyes of Love

    The Edge of Daybreak, “Eyes of Love”

    from Eyes of Love

    Numero Group - 2015

    • Time: January 18 - 8:50:00 pm
  • The Best of the Stylistics

    The Stylistics, “People Make The World Go Round”

    from The Best of the Stylistics

    Amherst Records, Inc. - 1976

    • Time: January 18 - 8:51:00 pm
  • What's Going On: Live

    Marvin Gaye, “What's Going On (Live at the Kennedy Center Auditorium, Washington, DC, 1972)”

    from What's Going On: Live

    UNI/MOTOWN - 2019