We are proud to include many Black music artists from out of the past on our playlist often.īLACK HISTORY IS MORE THAN MUSIC. The pioneers of Rock, and their influences on the genre, are a great part of Black History that affects everyone, positively, musicians and music lovers, alike, the world over. One of the important achievements that affects tons of us, everyday, no matter what color our skin, is wrapped up in the fact that a large percentage of Rock and Roll owes much to early black musicians, many of whom are on our everyday playlist at GreatGold.fm Internet Radio, throughout every year. We all need to make note of Black History Month for many reasons, including the historical significance of inventions and other Black achievements. To promote and honor the Holiday designed for Romance, Kissing, Hugs, Love, Kindness, Warmth and Understanding, we’re including special Valentines Day songs throughout each day and night during the entire month.įEBRUARY IS ALSO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, which is the perfect time for all of us to remember that it was the melting together of music by white, black, brown, red, yellow and beige musicians that brought about Rock and Roll. (HINT: Voting easiest using Chrome browser.)įEBRUARY IS THE MONTH OF VALENTINES DAY.
(NOMINEES IN OUR LIBRARY: Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, Devo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, MC5, Lionel Ritchie, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick.) VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES. PLUS, this month we’re including plays of songs by 2022 nominees up for possible addition to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
From Serial Productions and The New York Times comes The Trojan Horse Affair: a mystery in eight parts.February Born, Romance, and Black History MonthĭURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY we celebrate the music of singers and musicians born in February by giving their individual hit songs, or the hits by the Bands they have been members of, Extra Plays in our mix of great music from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and the best of the 2020s. Together they team up to investigate: Who wrote the Trojan Horse letter? They quickly discover that it’s a question people in power do not want them asking. Because through all the official inquiries and heated speeches in Parliament, no one has ever bothered to answer a basic question: Who wrote the letter? And why? The night before Hamza is to start journalism school, he has a chance meeting in Birmingham with the reporter Brian Reed, the host of the hit podcast S-Town. To Hamza Syed, who is watching the scandal unfold in his city, the whole thing seemed … off. By the time it all dies down, the government has launched multiple investigations, beefed up the country’s counterterrorism policy, revamped schools and banned people from education for the rest of their lives. The story soon explodes in the news and kicks off a national panic.
The plot has a code name: Operation Trojan Horse. A strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the city’s schools.