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 with music by Sarah Vaughan, the Allman Brothers, and Al Green.

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

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