Playlist: Folk Roots/Folk Branches - April 12-18, 2014

Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif is a thematic program streamed on the radio service at Roots Music Canada. – http://www.rootsmusic.ca/

A new show debuts every Saturday and repeats daily through the rest of the week.

April 12-18, 2014

Theme: Bible Stories.

Maria Muldaur- Adam and Eve had the Blues

Sweet and Slow (Stony Plain)

Geoff Bartley- Noah’s Ark

One Kind Word (Magic Crow)

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen- Mr. & Mrs. Noah

Berrymania (Compass Rose)

Eliza Gilkyson- The Ark

The Nocture Diaries (Red House)

Andrew Calhoun- Open the Window Noah

Bound to Go (Waterbug)

LaVern Baker- Didn’t It Rain

Only the Best of LaVern Baker (Collectables)

Kim & Reggie Harris- Go Down Moses

Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad (Appleseed)

Odetta- Moses, Moses

One Grain of Sand (Vanguard)

The Klezmatics- Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water (Pirahna)

Jesse Winchester- Pharaoh’s Army

Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)

Bob Franke- Walkin’ in the Wilderness

The Desert Questions (Telephone Pole)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

Gospel Train (Verve)

Rev. Gary Davis- Samson and Delilah

Harlem Street Singer (Prestige/Bluesville)

Bessie Jones- Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Put Your Hand on Your Hip and Let Your Backbone Slip (Rounder)

Short Sisters- Shadrack

Live from Four States (Black Socks Press)

Louis Armstrong- Jonah and the Whale

Louis and the Good Book (Verve)

Shelley Posen- Shepherd

Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life (Well Done Music)

Bruce Springsteen- Jacob’s Ladder

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Columbia)

This show can be heard at http://www.rootsmusic.ca/ on:

Saturday, April 12 – 10-11 am

Sunday, April 13 – 10-11 am

Monday, April 14 – 9-10 pm

Tuesday, April 15 – 9-10 pm

Wednesday, April 16 – 11 pm-12 am

Thursday, April 17 – 11 pm-12 am

Friday, April 18 – 11 pm-12 am.

The times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. Please adjust the schedule for whatever time zone you’re in.

Next week: Remembering Jesse Winchester.

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--Mike Regenstreif