EASTER/PASSOVER WITH AL GREEN
Our Easter/Passover show, as Nick Spitzer talks to the one-and-only Rev. Al Green about growing up in rural Arkansas and how soul music leads to saving souls—including his own. Plus Passover music from downtown trumpeter Steven Bernstein.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Strawberry Soul Willie Mitchell
Soul Serenade, Capitol
Love & Happiness Al Green
Anthology, Hi
Take Me to the River Talking Heads
Sand in the Vaseline, Sire
The Preacher Horace Silver
The Blue Note Years, Blue Note
Backwoods Preacher Man Tony Joe White
The Best of Tony Joe White, Warner
Instrumental: The Preacher Jimmy Smith
The Master, Blue Note
INTERVIEW: Al Green
Go Down Moses Grant Green
Jazz Profile, Blue Note
Instrumental: Could You Be Loved Monty Alexander
Stir It Up, Telarc
Feast of the Passover Lee Scratch Perry
Arkology, Island
Elijah Dorothy Love Coates
The Great Gospel Women, Shanachie
INTERVIEW: Steven Bernstein
Manishtana Steven Bernstein
Diaspora Soul, Tzadik
Do Lord Preservation Hall Brass Band
In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Sony
Old Uncle Rabbit Hettie Godfrey
Afro-American Blues and Game Songs, Rounder
Rabbit Blues Smokey Babe
Shake ‘em on Down: The Real Country Blues, Arhoolie
Spring Is Here Charlie Byrd
The Savoy Story, Savoy
When The Springtime Comes Again The Carter Family
When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland, Rounder
Spring & All Greg Brown
Slant 6 Mind, Red House
End Bed: Sand Hill Cranes Recorded by Carolyn Johnsen of Nebraska Public Radio
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Easter Parade Oscar Peterson
The Song Is You, Verve
Easter Parade Judy Garland
Her Greatest Movie Hits, Rhino
Easter Parade Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Cheek to Cheek: The Irving Berlin Songbook, Verve
Big Butter & Egg Man Kermit Ruffins
Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice
Instrumental: Stand Up, Sit Down Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell Quartet, Nonesuch
Resurrection Blues Cassandra Wilson
Traveling Miles, Blue Note
Love Ritual Al Green
Anthology, Hi
INTERVIEW: Al Green
Instrumental: An Unmarked Grave Up Bustle & Out
Cinematique, Shadow
Easter Bunny Boogie Willie Brown
Jumpin' the Blues, Ace
The Bunny Mitchell Froom
Dopamine, Atlantic
SEGMENT: Rabbits
Bunny Hop Mary Ann Meanus and Verbena Green
Heartbeat: Voices Of First Nations Women, Smithsonian
Peter Cottontail Gene Autry
The Gene Autry Collection, Rhino
Rabbit Foot Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian