Here’s yesterday’s episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio, which is an hour of some of my favorite gospel. Though I’m far from an expert, I love that gospel music can mean a lot of different things to different people, regardless of whether or not you’re religious. It’s functioned as a means of protest, solidarity, expressing joy, devotion, and as a way of sharing collective grief. Hopefully you’ll find something in it that is helpful to you right now. There’s an mp3 version you can download here if you’d like it. Sending love.
Tracklist:
1. The Staple Singers – So Soon
2. The Fairfield Four – Hallelujah
3. Pastor T.L. Barrett – After The Rain
4. The Swanee Quintet – It’s Hard To Get Along
5. Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes – Sometime
6. The Angelic Choir – Wade In The Water
7. The ARC Gospel Choir – Jesus Wash
8. Aretha Franklin & The Southern California Community Choir – Precious Lord (Take My Hand) / You’ve Got A Friend
9. The Consolers – Children Keep On Marching
10. John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers – Moses, Don’t Get Lost
11. Sweet Honey In The Rock – Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
12. The Mississippi Children’s Choir – His Eye Is On The Sparrow
13. Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers – How Far Am I Canaan
14. Reverend Morgan Babb – Wonder How Long
15. Edna Gallmon Cooke – At The Gate
16. The ARC Gospel Choir – When We All
17. The Joubert Singers – Stand On The Word