Monday, March 30, 2009

TOTR 50: Down by the riverside--Blues, Gospel, & Freedom Song


First of two programs in honor of Women's History Month, aired 3-23-09. Playlist posted one week late.

Roberta Flack - Angelitos Negros

Billie Holiday - I Cant Give You Anything But Love

Mamie Smith – You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Shout, Sister, Shout

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Stand By Me

Mahalia Jackson - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace

Mavis Staples - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

Mavis Staples - Will The Circle Be Broken

Mavis Staples - Eyes On The Prize

Mavis Staples - Down By The Riverside

Toshi Reagon - Down to the Water

Bernice Johnson Reagon - There's a New World Coming

Bernice Johnson Reagon - Room in the Circle

Bernice Johnson Reagon - Old Ship of Zion

Bernice Johnson Reagon - Why Did They Take Us Away

Bernice Johnson Reagon - Freedom in the Air

Bernice Johnson Reagon - Give Your Hands to Struggle

Tracy Chapman - Sing For You

Tracy Chapman - Save Us All

Tracy Chapman - The First Person On Earth

Odetta - Spiritual Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come And Go With Me/I'm On My Way

Odetta - The Times They Are A-Changin'

Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water




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