On this Friday the 13th, our show takes on the constructs of heaven and hell as its chosen theme. Songs that explore the debatable and sometimes fantastical concepts that, while they vary significantly across cultures and tradition, still remain human constructs rather than universal truths. Or are they? I sure don’t know and I doubt that you do. They have no doubt been formed as symbolic or metaphorical ideas formulated to help humankind find a straight path to that ‘great morning’…or something like that anyway. We’re not here to practice heresy or blasphemy, only to observe…and there’s plenty of music to call this theme one of mixed metaphors. Tune in for some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bill Neely and a whole crowd of other sinners and saints pounding out the concepts of heaven and hell in song with melodies both fierce and solemn. Tune in for quite the time.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lindley and Wally Ingram | Oh Death | Twango Bango II |  |
| 2 | John Lee Hooker & Ben Harper | Burnin' Hell | The Best Of Friends | |
| 3 | Dr. John | Party Hellfire | Anutha Zone | |
| 4 | Miss Rhapsody & Orchestra | The Night Before Judgement Day | Blues Women | |
| 5 | Eric Clapton | If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day | Sessions For Robert J | |
| 6 | The Louvin Brothers | The Great Judgement Morning | Close Harmony [Disc 8] | |
| 7 | Johnny Cash | Redemption | American Recordings | |
| 8 | Joe Strummer/Mescaleros | Redemption Song | Streetcore | |
| 9 | Vera Hall | Death, Have Mercy | Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals | |
| 10 | Jimmy Reed | Going By The River (Pt. 1) | ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37 | |
| 11 | Hank Williams | The Angel Of Death | Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 | |
| 12 | Dave Van Ronk | St. James Infirmary | Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk | |
| 13 | Ralph Stanley | The Death Of John Henry [Album Version] | Ralph Stanley | |
| 14 | David Johansen & The Harry Smiths | Oh Death | David Johansen and the Harry Smiths | |
| 15 | Solomon Burke | The Judgement | Don't Give Up on Me | |
| 16 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Beams of Heaven | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) | |
| 17 | The Zion Harmonizers | Old Time Religion | Ultimate Gospel Fest | |
| 18 | Camille Howard | When I Grow Too Old to Dream | Brown Gal | |
| 19 | The Cats & The Fiddle | When I Grow Too Old To Dream | The Very Best Of | |
| 20 | John Prine & Mac Wiseman | Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age | Standard Songs for Average People | |
| 21 | Red Foley | Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age | Tennessee Saturday Night | |
| 22 | Bill Neely | Satan's Burning Hell | The Essential Guide To Gospel | |
| 23 | Sheryl Crow | Go Tell It On The Mountain | Home For Christmas | |
| 24 | Iris DeMent | I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart) | Lifeline | |
| 25 | Patsy Cline | Life's Railway To Heaven | Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel | |
| 26 | Grandpa Jones | Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me | An American Original | |
| 27 | Carl Story | When the Pearly Gates Swing Open | 1951-1952 (Warped 5158) | |
| 28 | The Golden Gate Quartet | No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946) | Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) | |
| 29 | Flatt & Scruggs | The Drunkard's Hell | The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2] | |
| 30 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room) | Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1] | |
| 31 | Fannie Bell Chapman | He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield | Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 | |