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EASTER / PASSOVER WITH MAVIS STAPLES
Easter/Passover show brings sacred music from a variety of traditions and we’ll talk with Mavis “I’ll take You There” Staples about her music and spirit. Plus savor the sensual side of Spring.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Chess Soul - A Decade of Chicago's Finest, Chess - Take Me to the River Talking Heads
Sand in the Vaseline - Popular Favorites 1976-1992, Sire/Warner Brothers - Walk Over God's Heaven Mahalia Jackson
Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns, Columbia - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) Al Green
Greatest Hits, The Right Stuff - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Lucky Peterson
Mavis Staples & Lucky Peterson - Spirituals & Gospel, Verve - Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis, Rhino - Holy Ghost Bar-Kays
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles 1972-1975, Stax/Volt - Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
The Essential Bill Monroe & the Monroe Brothers, RCA - Daniel and the Sacred Harp The Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol - Sinner's Prayer Lowell Fulson
The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn - Just a Closer Walk With Thee Aubrey Ghent
Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus, Arhoolie - INTERVIEW: Mavis Staples
- Respect Yourself The Staples Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 2 1968-1971, Stax/Volt - Why Am I Treated So Bad The Staples Singers
The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy - I'll Take You There The Staples Singers
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 3 1972-1975, Stax/Volt - Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming, Columbia - Acknowledgement John Coltrane
A Love Supreme, Impulse - Glory Glory/Jesus on the Mainline ReBirth Brass Band
We Come To Party, Shanachie
HOUR two
- In Christ There is No East or West John Fahey
Return of the Repressed: John Fahey Anthology, Rhino - Jesus The Missing Years John Prine
The Missing Years, Oh Boy - Jesus Wash Away My Troubles Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers
Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers, Specialty - Moses Don't Get Lost John Davis and Group
Southern Journey Vol. 12: Georgia Sea Islands, Rounder - Hongu and Freylekhs from Podoly Di Naye Kapelye
Klezmer Music - a Marriage of Heaven and Earth, Ellipsis Arts - Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3, Columbia - The Israelites Desmond Dekker
Rhythm & Blues Beat Vol. 2 1964-1969, Island - Hava Negila Dick Dale
Better Shred Than Dead - the Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino - Mazl Tov Cocktail New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
Klezmania, Shanachie - Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring, et al -- New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Sony Classical - It Might as Well Be Spring Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi, Columbia/Legacy - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Disney's Song of the South
And the Winner Is...A Collection of Honored Disney Classic Songs, Walt Disney Records - Rockin Robin Jackson Five
The Ultimate Collection, Motown - Birds and the Bees Rufus and Carla
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, Stax/Volt - Wolverton Mountain Clyde King
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3, Columbia - Blue Sky Allman Brothers
Eat A Peach, Capricorn - Let The Mystery Be Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel, Warner Brothers - You Got to Move Reverend Gary Davis
When I Die I'll Live Again, Fantasy - Old Landmark Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir
Amazing Grace, Atlantic - End Bed: Happyland House of Prayer Brass Band recorded live by Nick Spitzer
Shout Brass, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings