Betty’s Night In

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Betty’s Night In – February 5, 2026

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Whether you’re in your living room, at your desk, on the couch or on the freeway, Betty’s got a free-form mix of music for staying in or venturing out. New and classic Americana, Country, Bluegrass, Pop, R&B — sprinkled with a some Jazz, International, and Classical sounds. Come hang out on your terrestrial radio or online at kpfa.org.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Langston Hughes Part I - The Struggle: Phyllis Wheatley The Glory of Negro History Folkways Records
Charles Lloyd The Water Is Wide The Water Is Wide ECM Records
Cordell Hull Reagon Brown Baby Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Arna Bontemps Little Brown Baby (Dunbar, Paul Laurence) Anthology of Negro Poets In the U.S.A. - 200 Years Folkways Records
Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba My Angel (Malaika) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba RCA Records Label
The Platters My Prayer The Platters Contents Korea
God Moore the Elixir So Racist Passport: Ego Sum Qui Sum Alpha Realm Ex.
The Golden Gate Quartet No Restricted Signs Golden Gate Quartet CBS
Lawrence McKiver and Doretha Skipper Intro and Knee Bend Every Tone a Testimony Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
The Montgomery Improvement Association Keep Your Hand on the Plow Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Brother Will Hairston The Alabama Bus Presents JVB
The Neville Brothers Sister Rosa Yellow Moon A&M
Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution Tracy Chapman Elektra Records
Big Bill Broonzy When Do I Get to Be Called a Man? The History of Folk Underground Inside Records
The Impressions Choice Of Colors - Single Version The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Rhino (Pure)
Rev. Jesse Jackson Speech to the Democratic National Convention, 1988 Our Time Has Come MCA
Elaine Brown Until We're Free Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 Light In The Attic
Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks Of Rivers Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like The Rivers Smithsonian Folkways
Michael Harper Dear John, Dear Coltrane 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks W.O.W. - Words of Wisdom Records
John Coltrane Alabama The Gentle Side of John Coltrane Impulse!
Billie Holiday Strange Fruit The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters Verve
Gil Scott-Heron Lady Day and John Coltrane Pieces of a Man Flying Dutchman
The Temptations Message From A Black Man Puzzle People Gordy
Cymande The Message Cymande Partisan Records
The Last Poets Black Is This Is Madness KP&P - Celluloid N.Y
Nina Simone You’ve Got To Learn - Live You've Got To Learn (Live) Verve
Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway Freedom Highway Nonesuch
Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted And Black Young, Gifted And Black Atlantic Records
Lorraine Hansberry The Black Revolution & the White Backlash Say It Loud! Great Speeches on Civil Rights and Black Identity The New Press
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Be Real Black for Me Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Atlantic Records
Sammy Davis, Jr. Carefully Taught (from "South Pacific") Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre Presents South Pacific Reprise