Aux Etats-Unis, le Martin Luther King Day est un jour férié. Il est fêté chaque année le troisième lundi du mois de janvier, autour du , date de l'anniversaire du révérend. Un hommage que Melody importe en France dans son Chateau Gardot ce soir à 19h, en convoquant Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder ou encore John Coltrane.
Playlist :
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Aretha Franklin - Mary, Don't You Weep - Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 14, 1972
Moondog - Bird's Lament
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
The Impressions - People Get Ready
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud
Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black
John Coltrane - Alabama - Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/18/1963
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam - Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On