Skip to main content

What Now People? Vol. 1

Various Artists
What Now People? Vol. 1 This album is the inaugural edition of “What Now, People?” Issued in 1975, this “song magazine on a record” used music to communicate social commentary and truths to its listeners. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Holly Near, and others, the album focuses on social justice, war, pain, love, and hope in a dangerous world. Liner notes include bios, lyrics, and background information on tracks, as well an introduction and statement of purpose: “a distaste for the brand of imperialism, racism and sexism that is identified by liberation forces everywhere as American.”

Track Listing

icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
101
Bill Horowitz
03:16
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
102
Holly Near
05:41
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
103
The Covered Wagon Musicians
05:14
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
104
Alfonso Ray Riate
01:47
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
105
Oscar Brand
04:07
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
106
The Human Condition with Beverly Grant
03:02
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
201
Bernice Johnson Reagon
03:52
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
202
Pete Seeger
03:31
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
203
Redwing
02:57
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
204
Charlie King
05:38
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
205
Barbara Dane
04:30
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
206
Chris Iijima
02:51