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MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE: EASTER
Celebrate the holiday with music for Easter, Passover and the spring season. We’ll dig into the vaults and hear interviews with gospel great Mahalia Jackson. Plus we’ll talk with Sacred Steel guitarist Calvin Cooke about how the spirit speaks through his instrument.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Soldier The Blind Boys of Alabama
Spirit of the Century, RealWorld - Easter Bunny Boogie Willie Brown
Jumpin' the Blues, Ace - I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Stuff Smith
The Mad Genius of the Violin Vol.1, Jazz Archives - Me and My Baby Doin' the Bunny Hop Bob Wills
Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years, Mercury - Easter Parade Steve Goodman
The Easter Tapes, Red Pajamas - I Am The Light Of This World Blind Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer, Prestige/Bluesville - I Saw the Light Bill Monroe
1950-58, Bear Family - Instrumental: Old Gospel Jackie McLean
New And Old Gospel, Blue Note - Rain Shower Olu Dara
From Natchez to New York, Atlantic - Didn't it Rain Mahalia Jackson
The Apollo Sessions 1946-54, West Side - SEGMENT: Mahalia Jackson
Listen - Instrumental: Jubilation Davy Graham
Fire In The Soul, Topic - Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner - Son Of A Preacher Man Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings, Atlantic - The Sermon Jimmy Smith
The Blue Note Years: Organ & Soul, Blue Note
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Joyful Sounds Glenn Lee
Sacred Steel, Arhoolie - Bluebird Howlin' Wolf
The Definitive Edition Vol.1, Bear Family - It Might As Well Be Spring Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughn In Hi-Fi, Columbia/Legacy - Listen to My Bluebird Sing Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner - Red, Red Robin, Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Louis Armstrong
Ambassador Satch, Sony - When the Roll is Called Up Yonder Kelly Joe Phelps
Roll Away the Stone, Rykodisc - Resurrection Blues Cassandra Wilson
Traveling Miles, Blue Note - Instrumental: Don't Let The Devil Ride Sonny Treadway
Sacred Steel, Arhoolie - INTERVIEW: Calvin Cooke
Listen - Get Away Jordan Dixie Hummingbirds
Looking Back, DCC/TXP - The Israelites Desmond Dekker
The Best of, Rhino - Instrumental: Los Reyes de Albuquerque Chotiz ‘El Paseadito'
Music Of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways - SEGMENT: Easter Celebrations from Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico
- Yaqui Deer Dance Yaqui Indians in the Sonoran desert near Tucson Arizona
Original Recording by Nick Spitzer, - Matachines Dance Tunes Charles Aguilar
Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways - Himno del pueblo de las montañas de la sangre de Cristo Cleofes Vigil
Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways - Clavel de Primavera Conjunto Alma de Apatzingan
Arriba! Tierra Caliente, Arhoolie - Watermelon Hanging on The Vine Hodges Brothers
Watermelon Hanging on The Vine, Arhoolie - Blue Canadian Rockies The Byrds
Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Sony - When the Roses Bloom In Dixieland The Carter Family
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, Bear Family - Green, Green Grass of Home Joan Baez
David's Album, Vanguard - End Bed: The Fisherman Leo Kottke
6 and 12 String Guitar, Takoma
