Breakfast Blend w/ Galaxy Girl & Friends

Galaxy Girl – 20250619 – Juneteenth!

Thu, Jun 19, 2025

Happy Juneteenth! This week, I have music that makes me happy. Tunes by Sudan Archives, Thelonius Monk, Solomon Burke, Chaka Khan, Jackie Shane, Prince, Stevie Wonder, AND MUCH MORE!

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Show archive

Playlist

    Time: June 19 - 6:01:44 am

  • Lynn Ahrens, “Interplanet Janet (ABRIDGED)”

    from Best of Schoolhouse Rock

    Rhino - 1998

    • Time: June 19 - 6:01:45 am
  • Freedom Highway

    Rhiannon Giddens, “Freedom Highway”

    from Freedom Highway

    Nonesuch - 2017

    • Time: June 19 - 6:06:18 am
  • The Gospel of the Blues (Remastered)

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra, “Shout, Sister, Shout!”

    from The Gospel of the Blues (Remastered)

    Geffen* - 2003

    • Time: June 19 - 6:09:10 am
  • Sound & Color

    Alabama Shakes, “Don't Wanna Fight”

    from Sound & Color

    ATO Records - 2015

    • Time: June 19 - 6:12:48 am
  • Selfish Soul - Single

    Sudan Archives, “Selfish Soul”

    from Selfish Soul - Single

    Stones Throw Records - 2022

    • Time: June 19 - 6:15:10 am
  • The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

    Stevie Wonder, “Soul Bongo”

    from The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

    UNI/MOTOWN - 2014

    • Time: June 19 - 6:17:25 am

  • Thelonious Monk, “In Walked Bud”

    from Underground

    Columbia/Legacy - 1997

    • Time: June 19 - 6:24:55 am
  • Witness

    Benjamin Booker, “Right On You”

    from Witness

    ATO Records - 2017

    • Time: June 19 - 6:27:07 am
  • A Whole New Thing (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2007 Remaster]

    Sly & The Family Stone, “Underdog”

    from A Whole New Thing (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2007 Remaster]

    Epic/Legacy - 1967

    • Time: June 19 - 6:33:06 am
  • Soul of a Woman

    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, “Pass Me By”

    from Soul of a Woman

    Daptone Records - 2017

    • Time: June 19 - 6:36:17 am
  • The Essential Nina Simone

    Nina Simone, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”

    from The Essential Nina Simone

    RCA/BMG Heritage - 2011

    • Time: June 19 - 6:39:18 am
  • Higher Ground

    The Blind Boys of Alabama, “Higher Ground”

    from Higher Ground

    Too Lost - 2002

    • Time: June 19 - 6:47:35 am
  • The Very Best of Solomon Burke

    Solomon Burke, “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)”

    from The Very Best of Solomon Burke

    Rhino Atlantic - 2005

    • Time: June 19 - 6:50:38 am
  • Hello Happiness

    Chaka Khan, “Like Sugar”

    from Hello Happiness

    Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 2019

    • Time: June 19 - 6:54:10 am
  • Xardinal Coffee

    EXUM, “Dark Kept Secret”

    from Xardinal Coffee

    ücke - 2021

    • Time: June 19 - 6:57:53 am

  • Tank and The Bangas, “Self Care [feat. Jaime Woods & Orleans Big & Anjelika 'Jelly' Joseph]”

    from Friend Goals [Explicit]

    Verve Forecast - 2020

    • Time: June 19 - 7:02:46 am

  • Jackie Shane, “Stand Up Straight and Tall”

    from Jackie Shane: Any Other Way

    Numero - 2017

    • Time: June 19 - 7:05:15 am

  • The Isley Brothers, “Fight the Power, Pt. 1”

    from The Complete RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters [Clean]

    Epic/Legacy - 2015

    • Time: June 19 - 7:09:14 am

  • Robert Glasper, “Why We Speak (feat. Q-Tip and Esperanza Spalding)”

    from Black Radio III

    Hip-Hop/Jazz - 2022

    • Time: June 19 - 7:16:46 am
  • HEAVN

    Jamila Woods, “Assata's Daughters (Interlude)”

    from HEAVN

    Jagjaguwar - 2017

    • Time: June 19 - 7:17:06 am
  • LEGACY! LEGACY!

    Jamila Woods, “OCTAVIA”

    from LEGACY! LEGACY!

    Jagjaguwar - 2019

    • Time: June 19 - 7:20:16 am

  • Lonnie Young, Ed Young, & Lonnie Young Jr., “Sittin' On Top Of The World”

    from Sounds of the South : The Blues Roll On

    Atlantic - 1960

    • Time: June 19 - 7:23:02 am
  • ...For the Whole World to See

    Death, “Politicians In My Eyes”

    from ...For the Whole World to See

    Drag City Records - 2009

    • Time: June 19 - 7:31:59 am
  • Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

    Gil Scott-Heron, “Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?”

    from Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

    Ace Records - 2015

    • Time: June 19 - 7:37:22 am
  • Songs in the Key of Life

    Stevie Wonder, “Black Man”

    from Songs in the Key of Life

    UNI/MOTOWN - 1976

    • Time: June 19 - 7:48:00 am

  • Marva Whitney, “It's My Thing”

    from Pulp Fusion Vol, 8 - Revival Boogie Down

    Harmless - 2004

    • Time: June 19 - 7:50:50 am
  • Originals

    Prince, “Jungle Love”

    from Originals

    Rhino/Warner Records - 2019

    • Time: June 19 - 7:54:35 am

  • Public Enemy, “Fight the Power (2020 rendition feat Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG, & Questlove)”

    from (2020 BET Awards)

    (2020 BET Awards) - 2020