Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV
Various Artists
This four-CD set of 19th- and 20th-century African American sacred music was initially released as a companion to the 1995 Peabody Award-winning radio series of the same name produced by National Public Radio and the Smithsonian Institution. With extensive notes by Bernice Johnson Reason, who conceived and compiled the series, these recordings honor the rich sacred music tradition created and sustained within the African American community, from which so much contemporary American music draws its inspiration.
Track Listing
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101
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There is a Balm in Gilead | The Florida A&M University Concert Choir | 5:54 | |
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102
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We Shall Walk Through the Valley | The Princely Players | 3:14 | |
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103
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Roll, Jordan Roll | The Princely Players | 2:16 | |
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104
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I've Been Buked and I've Been Scorned | The Florida A&M University Concert Choir | 4:37 | |
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105
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Swing Low Sweet Chariot | The Princely Players | 2:46 | |
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106
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Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho | The Fisk Jubilee Singers | 2:22 | |
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107
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Wade in the Water | The Fisk Jubilee Singers | 2:24 | |
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108
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Deep River | The Howard University Chamber Choir | 2:55 | |
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109
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Listen to the Lambs | The Howard University Chamber Choir | 5:20 | |
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110
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Everytime I Feel the Spirit | The Florida A&M University Concert Choir | 1:39 | |
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111
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Oh Freedom | The Princely Players | 2:08 | |
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112
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Gospel Train | The Princely Players | 2:25 | |
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113
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I'm a Rolling Through an Unfriendly World | The Princely Players | 2:18 | |
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114
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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | Kehembe Eichelberger | 5:29 | |
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115
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Steal Away | The Princely Players | 5:35 | |
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116
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Go in the Wilderness | The Princely Players | 3:47 | |
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117
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Ezekial Saw the Wheel | The Florida A&M University Concert Choir | 2:20 | |
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118
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Ain't Got Time to Die | The Howard University Chamber Choir | 2:45 | |
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119
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Wade in the Water | The Howard University Chamber Choir | 2:05 | |
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201
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Sign of the Judgement | The McIntosh County Shouters | 2:36 | |
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202
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Lay Down Body | The McIntosh County Shouters | 3:02 | |
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203
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Lay Down Body | The Seniorlites | 1:31 | |
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204
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You Got a Right to the Tree of Life | The Seniorlites | 2:32 | |
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205
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One Morning Soon | C.J. Johnson | 0:46 | |
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206
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I Want to Go Where Jesus Is | C.J. Johnson | 4:55 | |
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207
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You Better Run to the City of Refuge | C.J. Johnson | 3:13 | |
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208
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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say | The United Southern Prayer Band | 5:50 | |
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209
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Give Me Jesus | The United Southern Prayer Band | 3:59 | |
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210
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I Am a Soldier in the Army of the Lord | The United Southern Prayer Band | 6:02 | |
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211
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Am I a Soldier of the Cross? | The Richard Allen Singers | 6:15 | |
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212
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Early My God Without Delay | The Richard Allen Singers | 4:00 | |
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213
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Come and Go To That Land | Congregational song | 2:55 | |
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214
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Glory, Glory Hallelujah Since I Laid My Burden Down | The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation | 4:07 | |
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215
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A Charge to Keep I Have | The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation | 4:27 | |
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216
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Traditional Prayer with Moans | The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation | 9:46 | |
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217
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Sit Down Servant | The Blue Spring Mississippi Baptist Delegation | 2:04 | |
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301
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Stand By Me | Lou Bell Johnson | 3:24 | |
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302
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We'll Understand It Better | Toshi Reagon | 2:59 | |
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303
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What are They Doing in Heaven Today? | Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester | 5:46 | |
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304
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Something Within | Eugene Smallwood | 4:20 | |
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305
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He'll Understand and Say Well Done | Donald Vails and Debbie Steele Hayden | 3:25 | |
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306
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Touch Me, Lord Jesus | Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester | 3:06 | |
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307
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It's a Highway to Heaven | Donald Vails | 1:46 | |
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308
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Little Wooden Church on the Hill | Eugene Smallwood | 5:06 | |
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309
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I Was Standing By the Bedside of a Neighbor | Bernice Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michele Lanchester | 3:21 | |
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310
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How I Got Over | The Richard Allen Singers | 3:04 | |
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311
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Speak to Me Jesus | Sweet Honey in the Rock | 5:18 | |
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312
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Does Jesus Care | Horace Boyer and Donald Vails | 3:50 | |
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313
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Just a Closer Walk with Thee | Sweet Honey in the Rock | 4:15 | |
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314
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God is Still on the Throne | Donald Vails | 5:44 | |
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315
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God Specializes | Donald Vails and Gloria Griffin | 7:18 | |
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316
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Precious Lord | Carolyn Bolger-Payne and the Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble | 3:50 | |
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401
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Jesus is on the Mainline | The Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.) | 5:20 | |
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402
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Ye That Without Sin, Cast the First Stone | Brother John Hale | 2:36 | |
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403
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I See | The Poole Brothers | 3:40 | |
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404
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A Charge to Keep I Have | The Poole Brothers | 4:16 | |
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405
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There'll Be Singin Over Yonder | The Century Gospel Singers | 1:24 | |
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406
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Nearer My God to Thee | The Four Eagle Gospel Singers | 3:20 | |
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407
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Put Your Trust in Jesus | The Angelic Harmonizers | 4:31 | |
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408
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Who'll Be a Witness for My Lord | The Golden Gate Quartet | 4:51 | |
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409
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Lead Me, Guide Me | Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation | 4:03 | |
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410
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God is So Good to Me | Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation | 6:16 | |
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411
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Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray | Bernice Johnson Reagon | 1:49 | |
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412
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Peace in the Valley | The Henry Davis Singers | 5:05 | |
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413
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Hold to God's Unchanging Hand | The Union Temple Baptist Church | 7:06 | |
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414
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Let All the People Praise Him | The St. Augustine Gospel Choir | 4:06 | |
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415
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Yes, Lord (Church of God in Christ Chant) | The Bible Way Temple Radio Choir | 0:59 |
Album Info
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