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EASTER / PASSOVER WITH MAVIS STAPLES
April 8th, 1998
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
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 HeavenMahalia 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 HarpThe Band
Across the Great Divide, Capitol
- Sinner's Prayer Lowell Fulson
The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn
- Just a Closer Walk With TheeAubrey 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 TroublesSam 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 BluesBob 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 SpringSarah 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
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.
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.
EASTER WITH DONALD HARRISON, JR. AND HOLMES BROTHERS
Easter weekend is a time for reflection and family, and our guests certainly fit the bill. Donald Harrison, Jr. is a saxophone player and New Orleans native now based in New York. Harrison’s ties to New Orleans run deep, musically and culturally. His work has long echoed strains of Mardi Gras Indian chants and street beats—not surprisingly as his late father was Big Chief of the Guardians of the Flame tribe, a position Donald Jr. has since assumed. Wendell and Sherman Holmes, plus longtime friend Popsy Dixon, make up the Holmes Brothers, a vocal group best known for putting their personal stamp on blues, gospel, country, pop and more. The brothers join us to talk about the transition from Christ Church, Virginia to New York and back again to home and family.
SPRING INTO EASTER WITH THE PASCHALL BROTHERS, CHARLIE LOUVIN AND THE SANTA MARIA PRODUCE COMPANY
Body, soul and Earth are rejuvenated at this special time of year when winter turns to spring. Spend some of it with Virginia-based gospel group the Paschall Brothers, who perform an in-studio, a cappella set. Then meet Charlie Louvin, who along with brother Ira made up the Louvin Brothers. Famous for their familial harmonies as much as for their hellfire and brimstone tunes like “The Drunkard’s Grave,” and “Satan is Real,” Charlie recalls the brothers’ heyday and talks about getting his second wind as a performer. And take a ride with Shreveport, Louisiana’s Santa Maria Produce Company in their trucks covered by hand-painted reproductions of da Vinci’s Last Supper and other religious iconography.