This week in the Shack

I've wanted to do a set of gospel and spiritual music for a while. Don't expect your grandmother's gospel, however - this set includes artists like Ben Harper, Lyle Lovett, Joan Osborne, Otis Redding, and Seal, alongside classic gospel performers such as Dorothy Love Coates, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and Mahalia Jackson. You'll find the usual handful of local blues artists in there, as well.

As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Son House - John the Revelator (2:31)
2. Otis Taylor - Resurrection Blues (5:59)
3. Malford Milligan/Stephen Bruton - Touch the Hem of His Garment (3:57)
4. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (1:32)
5. Ollabelle - Before This Time (2:17)
6. Nina Simone - See Line Woman (2:38)
7. Lyle Lovett - Church (5:40)
8. Michelle Shocked - Quality of Mercy (4:52)
9. The Blind Boys of Alabama - You and Your Folks/23rd Psalm (5:41)
10. Guy Forsyth - I'm Going Home (1:42)
11. Guy Forsyth - Run On (4:43)
12. Apostles Of Music - Look Where He Brought Us (3:39)
13. Mavis Staples - Eyes on the Prize [Live] (5:27)
14. Joan Osborne and the Holmes Brothers - Nobody's Fault But Mine (4:03)
15. Malford Milligan - I've Never Been to Seminary (4:30)
16. Otis Taylor - 3 Days and 3 Nights (4:21)
17. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) (3:20)
18. Mahalia Jackson - Didn't It Rain (2:40)
19. Lyle Lovett - I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord (3:29)
20. Ruthie Foster - Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) (3:36)
21. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Christian's Automobile (2:12)
22. Sam Cooke - Jesus Gave Me Water (2:30)
23. Otis Redding - Amen (3:05)
24. Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama - Well, Well, Well (3:15)
25. Seal - People Get Ready (3:36)
26. Eva Cassidy - Wade in the Water (4:02)
27. Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - True Religion (4:03)
28. Gospel Comforters - Jesus Will Help Me (3:01)
29. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Old Blind Barnabas (3:30)
30. Ollabelle - John the Revelator (4:09)
31. Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama - Church House Steps (4:46)
32. Michelle Shocked - Strange Things Happening Every Day (7:52)
33. Malford Milligan - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:08)
34. Isaac Freeman - Jesus Is on the Mainline (3:31)
35. Dorothy Love Coates - Get Away Jordan (3:06)
36. Mavis Staples - Go Down, Moses (5:39)
37. The Pilgrim Travelers - Satisfied With Jesus (2:36)
38. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - God Don't Like It (2:25)
39. Papa Mali - If I Ever Get Right (5:02)
40. Eric Bibb/Maria Muldaur/Rory Block - Rock Daniel (2:08)
41. Ollabelle - Soul of a Man (3:59)
42. Sam Cooke - Jesus Paid The Debt (2:53)
43. Sweet Honey In The Rock - Precious Memories (5:01)
44. The Pilgrim Travelers - Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb (2:27)
45. Lyle Lovett - I'm Going to the Place (3:22)
46. Dorothy Love Coates - I Wouldn't Mind Dying (2:20)
47. Odetta & The Holmes Brothers - Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread (3:25)
48. Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama - Picture of Jesus (3:44)
49. Janis Ian - This Train (2:43)
50. Mahalia Jackson - Roll Jordan Roll (3:58)

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