Make a Joyful Noise: 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
SEGMENT: Mahalia Jackson
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
Himno del pueblo de las montañas de la sangre de Cristo Cleofes Vigil
Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways
Clavel de Primavera 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 Shadow of Clinch Mountain, 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
Bluebird Howlin' Wolf
The Definitive Edition Vol.1, Bear Family
It Might As Well Be Spring Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughn In Hi-Fi, Columbia/Legacy
Listen to My Bluebird Sing Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner
Red, Red Robin, Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Louis Armstrong
Ambassador Satch, Sony
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: Easter Celebrations from Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico
Yaqui Deer Dance Yaqui Indians in the Sonoran desert near Tucson Arizona
Original Recording by Nick Spitzer
Matachines Dance Tunes Charles Aguilar
Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions, Smithsonian Folkways