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Episode 13
ListenIn Episode 13 of Tapestry of the Times: Sweet love ballads and bitter blues from Lonnie Johnson, hard-scrabble songs for lean times from Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer, toe-tapping classics from Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, melancholy fado music from Portugal’s Maria Marques, and songs of strength and hope from the Abayudaya people of Uganda. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
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Lonnie Johnson
Album:
Lonnie Johnson: The Complete Folkways Recordings
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6, Lazy Mood
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Lonnie Johnson
Album:
Lonnie Johnson: The Complete Folkways Recordings
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20, My Mother’s Eyes
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Lonnie Johnson
Album: Lonnie Johnson: The Complete Folkways Recordings
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12, Juice Headed Baby
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Pete Seeger
Album:
If You Ain’t Got the Do Re Mi: Songs of Rags & Riches
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13, Banks of Marble
Joe Glazer
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If You Ain’t Got the Do Re Mi: Songs of Rags & Riches
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8, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing
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7, If You Lose Your Money
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing
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5, Make a Little Money
The New Lost City Ramblers
Album: The New Lost City Ramblers: The Early Years, 1958-1962
Track: # 8, How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?The New Lost City Ramblers
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The New Lost City Ramblers: The Early Years, 1958-1962
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9, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Back Again
Maria Marques and Manuel Fernandes
Album: Portugal: Monitor Presents Portuguese Fados and Folk Songs
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1, Saudade Vai-Te Embora (Saudade Go Away)
Doc Watson, with Gaither Carlton
Album:
Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: The Original Folkways Recording (1960-1962)
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2, Track #10, Hicks’ Farewell
Abayudaya congregation
Album:
Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda
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24, Psalm 130
Abayudaya congregation
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Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda
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19, “Hinei Ma Tov” (Behold How Good it is for Brothers to Dwell Together”)
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Aaron Henkin is the creator and host of 'Tapestry of the Times.' He's also a co-creator and producer of WYPR's weekly cultural program, The Signal. Aaron's reports and features have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, and PRI's Studio 360 and The World. He's a regular guest-host on the American Public Media program The Story. He's also the curator and host of a weekly podcast called The NPR Station Showcase with PRX