Global Village on PBS 106.7 FM, Melbourne, Australia

3 May 2026

Playlist 1788 for Global Village (PBS-FM, Melbourne, Australia) for Sunday May 3, 2026. Today's Global Village focuses on the significant date of May 1st –last Friday. It's a date, mainly in the northern hemisphere, that marks a change of seasons: of renewal and growth. And this date has then become a symbol of social change: a day marking hopes for rising up, protesting, organising and renewing. Today's music with links to May Day – May 1st – comes from South Africa, Australia, England, Scotland, the USA, Syria, Ukraine, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Japan, and Czechia. There are some old favourite songs, which we visit each year, but also some new tunes and stories. Presented by Roger Holdsworth.

(A): Australian artists - all or partly.


ARTIST | Track | ALBUM | (Label, Details)

THE MELBOURNE MILLENNIUM CHOIR & VALANGA KHOZA | Soyiwela/Thula Sizwe/Sobashiya Abazali Ekhaya | AZADI/FREEDOM | (The Boite BOITE 015, 2005) (A)
[ https://www.boite.com.au/ ; http://nexusarts.com.au/performer/valanga-khoza/ ]
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KEV CARMODY | Freedom | BLOODLINES | (Festival D30954, 1993) (A)
[ www.kevcarmody.com.au ; https://www.facebook.com/kevcarmodyofficial/ ]

ARRKULA YINBAYARRA feat. SHELLIE MORRIS | Get Up Stand Up | WARALUNGKU | (self/EM Media & Events, 2023) (A)
[ https://artbacknt.com.au/what-we-do/special-projects/arrkula-yinbayarra-together-we-sing/ ; https://www.facebook.com/ShellieMorrisOfficial/ ; https://www.shelliemorris.com/ ]
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LEON ROSSELSON | The World Turned Upside Down | CHRONICLING THE TIMES | (PM Press/Free Dirt Records DIRT-0108, 2023)
[ https://leonrosselson.co.uk/ ; https://www.facebook.com/FreeDirtRecords/ ; https://pmpress.org/ ]

ALISTAIR HULETT | The Swaggies Have All Waltzed Matilda Away | DANCE OF THE UNDERCLASS | (Mighty Boy Music/Intercord Record Services CD IRS 986.956, 1992) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/AlistairHulettMemorialTrust/ ; https://www.alistairhulett.com/ ]
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BRUCE HEARN & THE MACHINISTs feat. KAVISHA MAZZELLA | Deportee | SONGS OF FREEDOM: A TRIBUTE TO WOODY | (self, nd) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/themachinistsfolkgroup/ ; https://www.kavisha.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/kavisha.mazzella ]

CHAMPION DOUG VEITCH | Banks of Marble | VA: fROOTS 56 | (fRoots fROOTD 056, 2015)
[originally from THE KING (self, 2015)]
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/192914554389259/ ; www.frootsmag.com ]
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WILLOS' & MASSIMO GIUNTINI | Pound a Week Rise | ONE FOR THE ROAD | (self, 2025)
[ https://willos.eu/informazioni/ ; https://www.facebook.com/willostrad ]

UTAH PHILLIPS & ANI DI FRANCO | Joe Hill | FELLOW WORKERS | (Righteous Babe Records RBR015-D, 1999)
[ https://www.thelongmemory.com/ ; https://anidifranco.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/anidifranco ; https://www.righteousbabe.com/ ]

UTAH PHILLIPS & ANI DI FRANCO | Bread and Roses | FELLOW WORKERS | (Righteous Babe Records RBR015-D, 1999)
[ https://www.thelongmemory.com/ ; https://anidifranco.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/anidifranco ; https://www.righteousbabe.com/ ]

JUDY SMALL | The Revolution's Here | SNAPSHOT | (Craft Maid Music CMM005CD, 1990) (A)
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Small ; https://judysmall.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/JudySmallSings ]
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DJ CLICK & MASHA NATANSON with OLENA YEREMENKO | When I'll Be Gone (Radio Edit) | VIOLINS AGAINST BOMBS | (No Fridge CDN039, 2022)
[ https://djclick.bandcamp.com; www.djclick.fr ; http://www.nofridge.com]

ELIAS BACHOURA | La Révolution | BIHARAYTO | (Muziekpublique, 2025)
[ https://muziekpublique.be/artists/elias-bachoura/?lang=en ; https://www.eliasbachoura.com/1/ ]
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RICCARDO TESI & MAURIZIO GERI | Maggi: Maggio di Maresca | ACQUA FOCO E VENTO/WATER, FIRE AND WIND | (Felmay/Dunya FY 8060, 2002)
[ www.felmay.it ; www.riccardotesi.com ; https://www.mauriziogeri.com/ ]

NA LÚA | Maio, Maduro Maio | ESTRELA DE MAIO/STAR OF MAY | (Clave Records/Punteiro 2011-CD, 2000)
[ https://worldmusiccentral.org/2019/02/06/artist-profiles-na-lua/ ]

ISABEL RATO | Cantigas do Maio/ Songs of May | VALE DAS FLORES/ VALLEY OF FLOWERS | (Nischo, 2024)
[ https://www.isabelrato.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/isabel.rato.50 ; https://nischo.com/ ]

LISA KNAPP | Pleasant Month Of May | VA: fROOTS 64 | (fRoots fROOTD 063, 2017)
[originally from TILL APRIL IS DEAD (Ear to the Ground)]
[ www.lisaknapp.co.uk ; www.frootsmag.com ; https://www.facebook.com/shesingsongs/ ]
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BA.FNU | Revolution Onedro (An Dro) | 1 | (Little M Records, 2014)
[ http://bafnu.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/bafnu/ ; www.littlem.eu ]

TRIO ROUGE (LUCILLA GALEAZZI, VINCENT COURTOIS, MICHEL GODARD) | Bella Ciao | TRIO ROUGE | (Intuition Records INT 3353 2, 2004)
[ https://www.schott-music.com/en/trio-rouge-trio-rouge-no212732.html ; https://www.facebook.com/lucilla.galeazzi/ ; https://vincent-courtois.com/about/ ; http://www.michelgodard.fanspace.com/ ]

KEFAYA | Interference 4 | RADIO INTERNATIONAL | (Radio International Recordings, 2017)
[ https://www.kefaya-music.com/ ]

KEFAYA | Bella Ciao | RADIO INTERNATIONAL | (Radio International Recordings, 2017)
[ https://www.kefaya-music.com/ ]

GIRAMUNDO | Bella Ciao | VA: REGGAE ROUTES | (Putumayo World Music, 2024)
[ www.putumayo.com ; https://www.giramundo.fr/ ; https://www.facebook.com/giramundomusic ]
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SOUL FLOWER MONONOKE SUMMIT | l'Internationale | LEVELERS CHING DONG | (Respect Record RES-21, 1997)
[ http://www.breast.co.jp/soulflower/ ; https://www.facebook.com/soulflowerunion/ ]

ROBB JOHNSON | When I Look Up | SOME RECENT PROTEST SONGS | (Irregular Records IRR080, 2011)
[ www.robbjohnson.co.uk ; www.irregularrecords.co.uk ]

UTAH PHILLIPS & ANI DIFRANCO | The Internationale | FELLOW WORKERS | (Righteous Babe Records RBR015-D, 1999)
[ https://www.thelongmemory.com/ ; https://anidifranco.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/anidifranco ; https://www.righteousbabe.com/ ]
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ANNE M NORMAN | Joyful Awakening | SURF COAST WANDERINGS | (self, 2024) (A)
[ https://annenorman.com ; https://www.facebook.com/shakuhachiAnneNormangigs ; https://annemnorman.bandcamp.com/album/surf-coast-wanderings ]














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