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
INTERVIEW: Mahalia Jackson Courtesy of the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University,
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
Clavel de Primavera (Carnation of Spring) 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 Clinch Mountain Box, 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
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Joyful Sounds Glenn Lee Sacred Steel, Arhoolie
It Might As Well Be Spring Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughn In Hi-Fi, Columbia/Legacy
Red, Red Robin, Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Louis Armstrong Ambassador Satch, Sony
Bluebird Howlin' Wolf The Definitive Edition Vol.1, Bear Family
Listen to My Bluebird Sing Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt, Warner
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
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:Original Recording by Nick Spitzer,
Matachines dance tunes Charles Aguilar Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways
Cleofes Vigil Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways