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Episode 30 "Sounds Like Heaven"
ListenEpisode #30: Bluesman Reverend Gary Davis sings of a golden city with pearly gates, mountain balladeer Berzilla Wallin warns of a paralyzing decent into the abyss, Paul Robeson compares earthy freedom to divine deliverance, and Doc Watson asks the fundamentally profound question, ‘Was I born to die?’ We embark on a sonic exploration of the great, unknowable hereafter in this episode of Tapestry of the Times. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
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Gaither Carlton
Album:
Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960 through 1962
Disc 1, Track #9, Rambling Hobo
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
Album:
Pioneering Women of Bluegrass
Track: #13, Memories of Mother and Dad
Reverend Gary Davis
Album:
If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings
Track: #3, Twelve Gates to the City
Dock Boggs
Album:
Classic Southern Gospel
Track: #2, No Disappointment in Heaven
Berzilla Wallin
Album:
Classic Mountain Songs
Track: #13, Conversation with Death
Horton Barker
Album:
Horton Barker – Traditional Singer
Track: #1, Wayfaring Stranger
Paul Robeson
Album:
On My Journey, Paul Robeson’s Independent Recordings
Track: #3, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Little Brother Montgomery
Album:
Classic African American Gospel
Track: #5, Just Got Over at Last
Betty Mae Jumper
Album:
Voices of First Nations Women
Track: #29, Beautiful Mansion in the Sky
Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton
Album:
Back Roads to Cold Mountain
Track: #21, And Am I Born to Die
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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