23 Jan 2021

Worlds of Music - Ep 215 features an interview with Jimmy Carter, from the Blind Boys of Alabama

From Worlds of Music, 2:00 pm on 23 January 2021
Blind Boys of Alabama (Jimmy Carter 2nd left)

Blind Boys of Alabama (Jimmy Carter 2nd left) Photo: Supplied Smithsonian

Episode 215 features an interview recorded face to face at Womad 2020 with Jimmy Carter, the oldest surviving original member of the Blind Boys of Alabama who proved to be one of the highlights of the Womad weekend.  Jimmy is 88 years old and talks about the Blind Boys of Alabama distinguished career spanning an era that included a World War, the civil rights movement and performing the White House for 3 different presidents. Jimmy proved to be a charming, humble and inspiring man.

 

Music Details

 


Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
E chora' tu anemu (feat. Ballaké Sissoko)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Pizzica indiavolata
Ponderosa Music & Art


Roberta Flack
Trying Times
Donny Hathaway
First Take
Atlantic Records

Blind Boys of Alabama
Pray For Peace
ohn Leventhal with Marc Cohn
Almost Home
BBOA Records

Lido Pimienta\
Eso Que Tu Haces
Lido Pimienta
Miss Columbia
Anti Records

Leyla McCalla
Changing Tide
Leyla McCalla
Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Vaya Con Dios]
Quand Elle Rit Aux Éclats
Vaya Con Dios
Night Owls (1990)
Sony Belgium

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Have Faith
Trad ; arranged by Blind Boys of Alabama
Faith Moves Mountains
Syntax Creative


The Blind Boys of Alabama
 Walk to Jerusalem
Marc Cohen
Work To Do
BMG

The Blind Boys of Alabama
I Shall Not Walk Alone
Marc Cohen
Work To Do
BMG

The Blind Boys of Alabama
People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield
Higher Ground
BMG

The Blind Boys of Alabama
One Safe Place
Marc Cohen
Work To Do
BMG

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Amazing Grace
Taditional , John Newton
Work To Do
BMG

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Way Down In The Hole
Tom Waits
Real Wolrd Gold
Real world

The Blind Boys of Alabama
Work To Do
 Marc Cohen
Work To Do
BMG

Dhafer  Youssef
27th Ethos
Dhafer  Youssef
Divine Shadows
Jazzland Records

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