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Episode 23
ListenIn Episode 23 the late great Piedmont blues singer and guitar master John Cephas, New Orleans’ ebullient chanteuse Lizzie Miles, slave shouts from Georgia’s McIntosh County Shouters, rock music from Indonesia, Vodou music from Port au Prince, and blues from Josh White, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Reverend Gary Davis.
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John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Album:
Cephas & Wiggins: Richmond Blues
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14, Great Change
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Larry Estridge
Album:
Classic Protest Songs (This album is not currently archived)
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21, Spirits of the Revolution
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The McIntosh County Shouters
Album:
The McIntosh County Shouters: Slave Shout Songs from the Coast of Georgia
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2, Jubilee in the Morning
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Josh White
Album:
Free and Equal Blues
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8, Trouble
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Reverend Gary Davis
Album:
If I Had My Way
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4, You Got to Move
Lizzie Miles
Album:
Hot Songs My Mother Taught Me
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3, Mama Don’t Allow It
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Lizzie Miles
Album:
Hot Songs My Mother Taught Me
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4, Take Yo’ Finger Off It
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Lightnin’ Hopkins
Album:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
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8, Fan it
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Lightnin’ Hopkins
Album: Lightnin’ Hopkins
Track: # 1, Penitentiary Blues
Dock Boggs
Album:
Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years, 1963 – 1968
Disc 1, Track 2, Country Blues
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Elvy Sukaesih & Soneta Group
Album:
Music of Indonesia 2: Indonesian Popular Music
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3, Sengaja (On Purpose)
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Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal
Album:
Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou
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7, Simbi Dlo
Joe Patterson
Album:
Back Roads to Cold Mountain
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11, Fox Race
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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