Episode from Apr 8, 2021

Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" [Image is of essential book to understanding the black gospel scene in pre-war Bessemer and Birmingham, Alabama]Mighty Hearts Gospel Singers - "Mighty Heart's Prayer"Independent Gospel Singers - "Oh I Want To See Him"Bessemer Sunset Four - "My Lord Is Coming Soon"Bessemer Melody Boys - "Motherless Children" [Image is of Bessemer artist Ronald Lockett. Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation.]Bessemer Big Four - "Good Evening Everybody" [Song is a greeting to all the Union and Gospel people, gathered in one place. Image is of the Bessemer Big Four at an AFL-CIO union meeting.]CIO Singers - "Spirit of Phil Murray"Garland Singers of Bessemer, Alabama - "Lord Help Me To Stand In Times Like These" [Image is of Amiri Baraka and Bessemer artist, sculptor and visionary Joe Minter in Minters yard in Bessemer.]Mighty Zion Travelers - "I See A Man" [Image is The Last Day of Martin Luther King by Bessemer artist Thornton Dial. Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation]Carolina Gospel Singers of Eastover, SC. - "Lonesome Valley" [Painting is by Bessemer artist Thornton Dial, "Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together." Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation]Psalms of David Harmonizers - "God Is So Good To Me" [Image is Thornton Dial of Bessemer in his yard.Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation]Dixieaires Gospel Singers - "This May Be The Last Time"Rising Star Gospel Singers of Eastover, SC - "No Where To Lay My Head" [Image is of Bessemer artist Joe Minter]Silvertone Echoes - "Pray On My Child" [Image: US Steel, Bessemer, Alabama.]Sonny Hood and the Keys of Melody - "Walk In The Light" [https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/500000-jefferson-davis-chair-stolen-in-selma-will-be-a-toilet-unless-confederate-group-meets-demands-email-claims.html]Soulful Sunrising Kings - "Jesus Is The Light" [Bessemer artist Joe Minter.]Straight Street Holiness Choir - "I Gave Up All" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/102776