{"id":14805,"date":"2024-07-19T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14805"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:05:04","slug":"episode-273-paul-robeson-listeners-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/episode-273-paul-robeson-listeners-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 273. Paul Robeson (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 273. Paul Robeson (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1189-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Handsome-Robeson-Untrimmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Handsome-Robeson-Untrimmed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Handsome-Robeson-Untrimmed-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am here visiting my family in Milwaukee this week, a time which has proven to be a landmark in the downward spiral of our country into fascism. And all right here in our own backyard! It all struck way too close to home for me when the minister at my mother\u2019s church delivered the benediction at the opening ceremonies of the RNC on Monday and suddenly became a darling of the nutcases. I don\u2019t have a huge platform: all I have is my podcast, devoted first and foremost to great singers. There is little that I can do to counteract the evil, hatred, and heinousness that spewed forth from the city of my birth this week. But I have occasionally let my progressive flag fly here, never moreso than when, in the second season of the podcast, I posted an episode in honor of Paul Robeson on the 45th anniversary of his death. To this day Robeson remains one of the most celebrated, and controversial, of all artists. A man of fierce intelligence and convictions, he exhibited prodigious natural gifts as a sportsman, singer, actor, linguist, and, perhaps most importantly, as an activist. This episode focuses of course on his accomplishments as a singer, but especially within the context of his political activism and activities on behalf of oppressed people the world over. He was vilified and hunted down by some factions as much (if not more) as he was revered and venerated by others. In this episode I highlight some of his most famous performances, focusing on his live and studio performances of African American spirituals and protest songs, folk songs from around the world (including Russia and China), and works that celebrated the brand of left-wing populism that was in vogue in the 1930s and 1940s, in particular his recording of the hybrid work, <em>Ballad for Americans<\/em>, by composer Earl Robinson and lyricist John LaTouche. Robeson is a man who lost everything for the principals he believed in and who had more integrity and conviction and right-mindedness in his thumbnail than the entire conference of right-wing wackos who descended on Milwaukee this week combined. Let his example be a wakeup call for those of us who do not want to witness the death of our country as a democracy, however flawed it is and has been over the course of its history. There is no better figure to light the way for us in this struggle than Paul Robeson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous episodes that included music by Paul Robeson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 37 (No More Slavery Chains).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-37-no-more-slavery-chains\"> www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-37-no-more-slavery-chains<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 55 (Season Two Teaser): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-55-season-two-teaser\">www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-55-season-two-teaser<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 65 (The Year 1935): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-65-1935-hb2u-mommie-dearest\">www.countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-65-1935-hb2u-mommie-dearest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 122 (Auld Acquaintance II): <a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/episode-122-auld-acquaintance-ii\/\">www.countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/episode-122-auld-acquaintance-ii\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Show-Boat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Show-Boat.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Show-Boat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson as Joe in the 1936 film version of <em>Show Boat<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Paul Robeson (revised words): Old Man River (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson.png 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: I Still Suits Me (<em>Show Boat<\/em> &#8211; 1936 film). Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch; Clifford Greenwood, New Mayfair Orchestra [1936]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shilkret2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shilkret2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shilkret2-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1982)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathaniel Shilkret, Gene Austin: Lonesome Road (used in <em>Show Boat<\/em> &#8211; 1929 film). Paul Robeson; Ray Noble, New Mayfair Orchestra [1929]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sandeers-Nina-Mae-McKinney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sandeers-Nina-Mae-McKinney.jpg 350w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sandeers-Nina-Mae-McKinney-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Nina Mae McKinney in <em>Sanders of the River <\/em>(1935)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mischa Spoliansky, Arthur Wimperis: Congo Lullaby (<em>Sanders of the River<\/em>). Paul Robeson; Muir Matheson, New Mayfair Orchestra [1935]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Preach-It.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Preach-It.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Preach-It-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Preach-It-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin: It Ain&#8217;t Necessarily So (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Paul Robeson [1939]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-1536x925.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1-1600x964.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Son-1.jpg 2005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson with his son, 1943. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Roy Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown: Little Pal. Paul Robeson; Ray Noble, New Mayfair Orchestra [1929]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Duke-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Duke-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Duke-2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Duke Ellington (1899-1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills: Mood Indigo. Paul Robeson [1937]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Seress-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Seress-1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Seress-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rezs\u0151 Seress (1899-1968)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rezs\u0151 Seress, Desmond Carter: Gloomy Sunday. Paul Robeson [1936]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeston-testimony.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeston-testimony.jpg 268w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeston-testimony-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Robeson on the defintions of Fascism and Communism [Senate testimony, 31 May 1948]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballad-for-Americans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballad-for-Americans.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ballad-for-Americans-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earl Robinson, John LaTouche: Ballad for Americans. Paul Robeson; Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor Symphony Orchestra, American Peoples Chorus [1940]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Earl-Robinson-and-Paul-Robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Earl-Robinson-and-Paul-Robeson.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Earl-Robinson-and-Paul-Robeson-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Earl Robinson (1910-1991) and Paul Robeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earl Robinson, Allen Lewis: The House I Live In. Paul Robeson; Emanuel Balaban, Columbia Concert Orchestra [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown.jpg 513w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lawrence Brown (1893-1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Blitzstein: The Purest Kind of Guy (<em>No for an Answer<\/em>). Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth.png 435w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Alan-Booth-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Alan Booth (1925-1996)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yiddish Folk Song: Shlof, mein Kind. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Peekskill-Riot-4-September-1949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Peekskill-Riot-4-September-1949.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Peekskill-Riot-4-September-1949-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Peekskill Riot (4 September 1949)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. H.T. Burleigh: Scandalize My Name. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Fervent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Fervent.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Fervent-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Fervent-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Weepin&#8217; Mary. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1929]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown-1.png 684w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-and-Lawrence-Brown-1-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Lawrence Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. H.T. Burleigh: By an&#8217; By. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-at-Carnegie-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-at-Carnegie-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-at-Carnegie-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-at-Carnegie-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-at-Carnegie.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spiritual, arr Lawrence Brown: Didn&#8217;t My Lord Deliver Daniel. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-World-Peace-Conference-20-April-1949-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-World-Peace-Conference-20-April-1949-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-World-Peace-Conference-20-April-1949-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-World-Peace-Conference-20-April-1949.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson at the World Peace Conference in Paris, 20 April 1949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional American: Takin&#8217; Names. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown-Robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown-Robeson.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brown-Robeson-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lawrence Brown and Paul Robeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. H.T. Burleigh: John Henry. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Proud-Valley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Proud-Valley.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Proud-Valley-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson in the film <em>The Proud Valley <\/em>(1940)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Avery Robinson: Water Boy. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson.jpg 702w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, John Newton: Amazing Grace. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard.png 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-Keyboard-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Scottish, arr. Walter Goehr. Loch Lomond. Paul Robeson [1938]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Palmgren-629x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Palmgren-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Palmgren-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Palmgren.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Finnish, arr. Selim Palmgren: Wanderer. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Songs-of-New-China.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Songs-of-New-China.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Songs-of-New-China-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Chinese: Riding the Dragon [Children&#8217;s Song]. Paul Robeson [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Garat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Garat.jpg 475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Garat-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pierre-Jean Garat (1764-1823)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pierre-Jean Garat: Dans le printemps de mes ann\u00e9ees. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"983\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Chaliapin-1-983x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Chaliapin-1-983x1024.jpg 983w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Chaliapin-1-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Chaliapin-1-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Chaliapin-1.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fedor Chaliapin (1873-1938) was an enormous influence on Robeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander Alexandrov: O Thou Silent Night. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Russia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Russia.png 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-in-Russia-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Russian: Volga Boat Song. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alexander Gretchaninov: Cradle Song [sung in Russian]. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mussorgsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mussorgsky.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mussorgsky-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky: Within Four Walls [sung in Russian] (<em>Sunless<\/em>, No. 1). Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pushkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pushkin.jpg 818w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pushkin-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pushkin-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Pushkin: Monologue (<em>Boris Godunov<\/em>). Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robesonchina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robesonchina.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robesonchina-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robesonchina-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson with Chinese opera singer Mei Lan-fang and opera singer and producer&nbsp;Wang Shiao-lou,<br>London 1930s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Chinese: Chinese Army Song. Paul Robeson [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kevin-Barry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6714\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kevin Barry (1902-1920)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Irish: Kevin Barry. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-1600x2473.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hanns_Eisler_1917-1-1-scaled.jpg 1657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous, arr. Hanns Eisler: The Peat Bog Soldiers [sung in English and German]. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-and-the-Welsh-miners.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-and-the-Welsh-miners.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-Robeson-and-the-Welsh-miners-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson in Spain with the pro-democracy insurgents (1938)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spanish: The Four Insurgent Generals [sung in English and Spanish]. Paul Robeson; Lawrence Brown [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-picketing-White-House-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-picketing-White-House-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Robeson-picketing-White-House-1-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hirsch Glick: Zot nit keynmol [Song of the Warsaw Ghetto]. Paul Robeson; Alan Booth [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joe-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joe-Hill.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Joe-Hill-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Hill [n\u00e9 Joel Emmanuel H\u00e4gglund] (1879-1915)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earl Robinson, Alfred Hayes: Joe Hill. 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Paul Robeson [live Carnegie Hall 9 May 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-and-Eslanda-Robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-and-Eslanda-Robeson.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Paul-and-Eslanda-Robeson-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Robeson and Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895-1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: No More Auction Block for Me. 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