The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Fisk Jubilee Singers	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	The Gold and Blue Album
2	Bessemer Sunset Four	Climbing Jacob's Ladder	Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930)
3	Kenneth Benfield	Jacob's Ladder (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
4	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Jacob's Ladder	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
5	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
6	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
7	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
8	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Roll Jordan Roll	Home of the Blues
9	The Golden Gate Quartet	Roll Jordan, Roll	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD1]
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Go Where I Send Thee	Vol. 1 (1937-1938)
11	Magnolia Five	The Holy Baby	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
12	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
13	Odetta	Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
14	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
15	Eva Cassidy	Wade In the Water	Hear Music volume 6
16	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	The Essential Guide To Gospel
17	Mavis Staples	Wade In The Water	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
18	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
19	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
20	The Weavers	When the Stars Begin to Fall	The Weavers Almanac
21	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
22	Mississippi John Hurt	All Night Long	The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
23	Reverend Gary Davis	All Night Long	Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966, Volume Three
24	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
25	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
26	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
27	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
28	Louis Armstrong	This Train	Louis And The Good Book
29	Samuel Patterson	This Train	Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel
30	Pops Staples	The Downward Road	Father Father
31	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again	Radio Transcriptions 1941 – 1944
32	John D. Foster & Leonard Rutherford	These Bones Gwine Rise Again	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
33	Sons of the Pioneers	Dese Bones Gwine to Rise Again	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
34	Willie Eason With The Campbell Brothers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Sacred Steel – Live!
35	Mississippi Fred McDowell	When The Saints Go Marching In	My Home Is In The Delta
36	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)