Jorge Arévalo Mateus' Podcast

Jorge Arévalo Mateus

"Hurdy Gurdy Songs" is a new show exploring the breadth and depth of resistance songs across ethnic, national and generational lines. Produced and hosted by Jorge Arevalo Mateus, Executive Director of the Association for Cultural Equity-Alan Lomax Archive and co-founder of the Woody Guthrie Archives, the program will present classic artists and performances alongside obscure, unknown and emerging singers and players, drawing from repertoires of resistance songs both local and wide. Hurdy Gurdy highlights the struggles of the people -- showcasing individuals, communities and social movements from traditional protests to the latest rage, through songs created in response and resistance.

  1. Hurdy Gurdy Songs: The Ballad of Josh White, Hurdy Gurdy Man (HGS#33)

    03/02/2019

    Hurdy Gurdy Songs: The Ballad of Josh White, Hurdy Gurdy Man (HGS#33)

    The Ballad of Josh White, with guests Elijah Wald and Doug Yeager. Here's the playlist: 1. Jim Crow Train - Josh White (Josh White: American Folk Hero) 2. Scandalous & a Shame - Blind Joe Taggart (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 1926-1928, Document Records) 3. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Josh White (The Best of Josh White, Rhino/Elektra) 4. Uncle Sam Says-Joshua White 5. Pickin' Low Cotton (TwinBirdz) 6. Silicosis Is Killin' Me-Josh White (Blues Legends: Josh White,Kateland) 7. Trouble-Josh White(Chain Gang Songs, Rhino/Elektra) 8. House of the Rising Sun(Live)- Josh White Jr. (Live in Franconia, Silverwolf) 9. Strange Fruit- Josh White(Josh White: American Folk Hero,Black Sheep Music) 10. One Meatball (Live) Josh White Jr.(Live in Franconia, Silverwolf) 11. Jelly Jelly-Josh White (Everest Records) 12. I Left a Good Deal In Mobile-Josh White(Suncoast Music)

    59 min
  2. Hurdy Gurdy Songs - Issac Sawyer, the State of Rap Address (#32) BHM

    02/23/2019

    Hurdy Gurdy Songs - Issac Sawyer, the State of Rap Address (#32) BHM

    Las Vegas-Bronx rapper Isaac Sawyer guests on Hurdy Gurdy Songs, playing his music and discussing current trends and what's happening in the NYC hip-hop scene. Here's the playlist (program starts at 0:34): 1. Night Owl-Black Mambo Dreams 2. My Song 2-Isaac Sawyer 3. Resolutions-Isaac Sawyer 4. You Can See-I.Sawyer 5. Magnet - I. Sawyer,Kita P. Goodwin 6. Crowd-I. Sawyer 7. Americk -I. Sawyer 8. Bet Or Check?- I. Sawyer 9. Feel Like Making Love-Gene Lawrence 10. Go - Common 11. Is This a Test - I. Sawyer

    59 min
  3. HG#28 COLD WARS & WALLS: POLAND

    01/26/2019

    HG#28 COLD WARS & WALLS: POLAND

    The film "Cold War" serves as the inspiration and exploration of Polish national identity through cultural mixture and romance. Here's the playlist (also on Spinitron.com): 1. Chór Dana “Oj Dana, Dana” from Pierwsi Polscy Rewelersi on 4everMUSIC 2. Witold Lutoslawski, Pawel Lukaszewski, SWR “10 Polish Folk Songs” from 10 Polish Folk Songs 3. Nina Simone “I Loves You, Porgy” from Nina Simone and Her Friends (Remastered 2013) (1959) 4. Arthur Rubenstein “Fantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66” from 8 Polonaise 5. Bill Haley & His Comets “(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Single Version)” from Salut les copains : Les pionniers du rock on Universal Music Division MCA 6. Magda Umer, Anna Maria Jopek “Dwa Serduska Cztery” from Pleiades 7. Dave Brubeck Quartet “My Favorite Things” from take five 8. Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five “IS YOUR IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY (LIVE 2015)” from LIVE AT COTTON CLUB 9. Bobby Jaspar “I remember you” from Clarinescapade on TP4 Music 10. Natasza Zylska “Bajo-Bongo” from 40 Piosenek Nataszy Zylskiej on WM Poland/WMI 11. Alexandrov Ensemble & Viktor Eliseev “Katyusha” from The Soul of Russia - The Ultimate Collection (2014) 12. Krosno Ensemble “Johnny Sits On a Chestnut Horse - Mountain Song” from Polish Folk Songs and Dances (1954) on Folkways Records. Special thanks to Marzanna Poplawska!

    59 min
  4. Holy Jazz, part one (HG#23)

    12/07/2018

    Holy Jazz, part one (HG#23)

    Jazz and the spirit, and the spirit of Jazz. Here's the playlist: 1. Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra “We Shall Overcome” from Dream Keeper on Universal Music Division Decca Records France 2. Alice Coltrane “Journey in Satchidananda” from Journey in Satchidananda (1971) on GRP Records 3. Mor Thiam “Ayo Ayo Nene” from Spiritual Jazz on Jazzman 4. Matthew Halsall “The Sun In September” from Fletcher Moss Park on Gondwana Records 5. Alice Coltrane “Om shanti” from World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda on Luaka Bop (USA) 6. Makaya McCraven “Holy Lands” from Universal Beings (CD, 2018) on P-VINE RECORDS 7. Lonnie Liston Smith “Expansions” from Love Is the Answer (Expanded) (1980) 8. Nina Simone “If You Pray Right” from Baltimore (1978) 9. Idris Muhammad “Loran's Dance” from CTI CD Catalogue on Sony Music Media Wishing you Peace during the Holy Days!

    59 min
  5. Hurdy Gurdy Songs (#22) FREEDOM JAZZ, Episode 1

    12/01/2018

    Hurdy Gurdy Songs (#22) FREEDOM JAZZ, Episode 1

    Jazz is socially conscious. Jazz artists are activists of sound. Jazz is a Freedom Dance. Here's the playlist: 1. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra “Black and Blue” from The Essential Louis Armstrong (1979) 2. Dave Brubeck & Louis Armstrong and His Band “Cultural Exchange” from The Real Ambassadors (1962) 3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Watergate Blues” from Watergate Blues 4.Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett “Como en Vietnam (LP Version)” from Throb on Rhino Atlantic (USA) 5. Paul Motian “War Orphans” from Tribute (1975) 6. Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln “Tryptich: Prayer/Protest/Peace” from Tryptich: Prayer/Protest/Peace 7. John Coltrane Quartet “alabama” from Live at Birdland 8. Charles Lloyd “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from Lift Every Voice (2002)

    59 min
  6. Hurdy Gurdy Songs of Migrants #20

    11/17/2018

    Hurdy Gurdy Songs of Migrants #20

    Songs about global migrants, itininerant workers, wanderers and refugees. Here's the playlist: 1. Rachid Taha “Algerian Tango” from Zoom on naïve 2. Rachid Taha “H'Asbu-Hum” from Tekitoi on Universal Music Division Barclay 3. Common “A Song For Assata (feat. Cee-Lo)” from Like Water For Chocolate (2000) 4. Bruce Springsteen “American Land” from We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition) (2006) 5. Ian Dury & The Blockheads “Itinerant Child” from What a Waste: The Collection on Music Club Deluxe 6. Maggie Holland “Overnight” from Bones on Weekend Beatnik 7. Woody Guthrie “I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore” from Dust Bowl Ballads (MP3, 1940) on Folkways Records 8. Danny Valdez and Agustín Lira “The Migrant's Song” from The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (2000) on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 9. Inti-Illimani “Run Run Se Fue Pal Norte” from Run Run Se Fue Pal Norte 10. Jimmy Golden “Caravana Migrante” from Caravana Migrante 11. You Qun Fu, Kiyoto Fujiwara, Sam Furnace, Royal Hartigan, Fred Ho, Fred & The Afro-asian Music Ensemble Ho, Pauline Hong, Peter “Caravan” from The Underground Railroad to My Heart (1993)

    59 min
  7. Hurdy Gurdy Election Day Songs - episode #19

    11/09/2018

    Hurdy Gurdy Election Day Songs - episode #19

    Election Day tunes, across the Red/Blue divide, including the playlist: 1. Neneh Cherry “Kong” from Broken Politics (2018) 2. Ry Cooder “The Wall Street Part of Town” from Election Special (2012) on Nonesuch (USA) 3. Ry Cooder “Kool Aid” from Election Special (2012) on Nonesuch (USA) 4. Ry Cooder “Take Your Hands Off It” from Election Special (2012) on Nonesuch (USA) 5. The Replacements “Election day” from Pleased to Meet Me (Expanded Edition) on Rhino/Warner Bros. (USA) 6. Radiohead “Electioneering” from OK Computer (1997) on XL Recordings 7. The Clash “Know Your Rights” from Combat Rock (CD, 1982) on Epic (USA) 8. Public Enemy “Fight the power” from Fear of a Black Planet (CD, 1990) on Def Jam Recordings 9. Neneh Cherry “Shot Gun Shack” from Broken Politics (2018) 10. Deee-Lite “Vote, Baby Vote” from Infinity Within on Elektra Records 11. Rod MacDonald “Election Night At Walmart” from Songs of Freedom (2011) on blue flute music 12. Phil Ochs “Power and the Glory” from Live In Montreal 10/22/1966 (2017) 13. The Motern Media Holiday Singers “Congratulations on Voting! You Voted! Yes!” from Congratulations Songs on Motern Media 14. Gang of Four “What We All Want” from Return the Gift (2005) on V2.

    1 hr
  8. Hurdy Gurdy Songs(#18): POLITICIANS

    11/04/2018

    Hurdy Gurdy Songs(#18): POLITICIANS

    Hurdy Gurdy Political Songs for our Broken Politics! Here's the playlist: 1. David Rovics “Failed State” from Ballad of a Wobbly on David Rovics 2. Marvin Gaye “You Are That Special One” from Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition) (2001) 3. O'Jays “Above the Law” from Love Train 4. Johanna Saint-Pierre “Freedom from Politicians” from Freedom from Politicians - Single on Lilihouse Music 5. Cream “Politician” from Goodbye (1969) on Polydor 6. Kora “Politician” from Volume - EP (2004) on Kora Ltd 7. Betty Davis “Politician Man” from The Columbia Years on Columbia/Legacy 8. Death “Politicians In My Eyes” from PUNK 45: Sick On You! One Way Spit! After the Love & Before the Revolution, Vol. 3: Proto-Punk 1969-77 - Soul Jazz Records 9. Switchfoot “Politicians” from Nothing Is Sound on Columbia (USA) 10. Moriaty “Politicians” from The Politicians - Single on Zen Ten 11. Pints “F**k Politicians” from F**k Politicians - Single on Independent 12. Van Halen “Ballot or the Bullet” from Van Halen III on Rhino/Warner Bros. (USA)

    59 min
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"Hurdy Gurdy Songs" is a new show exploring the breadth and depth of resistance songs across ethnic, national and generational lines. Produced and hosted by Jorge Arevalo Mateus, Executive Director of the Association for Cultural Equity-Alan Lomax Archive and co-founder of the Woody Guthrie Archives, the program will present classic artists and performances alongside obscure, unknown and emerging singers and players, drawing from repertoires of resistance songs both local and wide. Hurdy Gurdy highlights the struggles of the people -- showcasing individuals, communities and social movements from traditional protests to the latest rage, through songs created in response and resistance.

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  • Creator
    Jorge Arévalo Mateus
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Jorge Arévalo Mateus
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