River Memories: Recent Episodes
Treasure Shields Redmond
River Memory is a project that centers multigenerational memory as a prism through which to understand the interconnected threads of race, class, and labor that weave together St. Louis and East St. Louis. Through oral history collection with elders in these communities, and matched with the poetry and reflections of emerging East St. Louis artists, this project will tell a deeply embodied story.
This is audio of Saundra and Basmin centering the Indigenous presence on the land and singing Ulali's "Idle No More."
The verse that is most resonant to this special podcast series centering the Mississippi River is below:
"the water and the land
And the water knows no borders
When you've had all you can stand
You don't have to stand in line
The rich might eat the poor
And leave everything to waste
But my brothers and sisters
Are idle no more"
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🎵Intro Track Info:
Title: Ohayo by Smith The Mister
Genre and Mood: Hip Hop & Rap + Calm
Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com
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Saundra is a Black and Indigenous woman who has committed herself to making prayers at the Mississippi river in the way of Native women throughout the U.S. She is a part of a movement made visible most recently by the Standing Rock water protectors, and that is maintained by Native women up and down the Mississippi and other rivers.
🎵 Intro Track Info:
Title: Ohayo by Smith The Mister
Genre and Mood: Hip Hop & Rap + Calm
Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5z...
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_ohayo
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bzCw4RyFqHo
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Marvin Wright worked on the Casino Queen in the 1990's. This was a working riverboat gambling establishment. The mix of "pleasure cruise" and high stakes made for a riveting round of storytelling.
A Mississippi native, Treasure Shields Redmond is a poet, performer, and educator based in the St. Louis metropolitan area. You can connect with her on her website at www.FemininePronoun.com, or on instagram at @FannieLouHamerHouse
Intro 🎵 Track Info:
Title: Ohayo by Smith The Mister
Genre and Mood: Hip Hop & Rap + Calm
Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5z...
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_ohayo
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bzCw4RyFqHo
In the 1980's Paul Perkins was a long haired wild man in his twenties. Born in southern Illinois near the river to working class parents, Paul took a job as a deckhand on a towboat and had some of the most memorable experiences of his life.
A Mississippi native, Treasure Shields Redmond is a poet, performer, and educator based in the St. Louis metropolitan area. You can connect with her on her website at www.FemininePronoun.com, or on instagram at @FannieLouHamerHouse
Intro 🎵 Track Info:
Title: Ohayo by Smith The Mister
Genre and Mood: Hip Hop & Rap + Calm
Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5z...
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_ohayo
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bzCw4RyFqHo
My dad’s upsouth childhood included the Mississippi river in a way that seems inconceivable now. From fishing it, to swimming it, to being baptized in it, to making love next to it, the river figured largely in the lives and imaginations of post war East St. Louis. In this Mississippi river themed episode, we’re joined by photographer and colleague, Jennifer Colten to hear and see what the river meant to my father and his community.
A Mississippi native, Treasure Shields Redmond is a poet, performer, and educator based in the St. Louis metropolitan area. You can connect with her on her website at www.FemininePronoun.com, or on instagram at @FannieLouHamerHouse
Intro 🎵 Track Info:
Title: Ohayo by Smith The Mister
Genre and Mood: Hip Hop & Rap + Calm
Ohayo by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5z...
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_ohayo
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bzCw4RyFqHo