We visit a mix of genres that celebrate the sacred and the sanctified in an episode entitled “Deeper Gospel Roots”.  The mix includes early influential pieces from Arizona Dranes and the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers and explores the southern Baptist influence on gospel music with the inevitable undercurrent of themes that are also found in the country sounds of performers such as  Molly O’Day and Cumberland Mountain Folks and The Louvins…as well as the sanctified blues of Charley Patton and the Reverend Blind Gary Davis.

We’ll also take some time to sample some rare urban influences including the electric guitar disciples from the Boddie Recording Company of Cleveland, Ohio and the sounds of late century ‘sacred steel’.   Don’t miss out…join Dave Stroud as he guides us through the performances from the last century of America’s music.

This episode will be posted to Mixcloud in the near future.