The Leonard Lopate Show
Easter Gospel
Friday, March 21, 2008
Leonard DJs his annual Easter gospel music special! Also: one woman's return to the homeless shelter she had lived in as a teenager. Hear about the new Broadway revival of Sondheim and Lapine's "Sunday in the Park with George." And on Please Explain, find out how NPR shapes its news and political coverage.
Leonard’s Easter Gospel Special
Join Leonard for his annual Easter gospel music special. Here’s the playlist:
”Take the Lord Along With You,” Alex Bradford (music played under billboard)
“One Day,” Angelic Gospel Singers and the Dixie Hummingbirds
“The Hammer Rings,” Mmr. Edna Gallmon Cooke
“Salvation is Free,” Mahalia Jackson
"One Day," RH Harris and the Soul Stirrers
"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?" Sam Cooke and Paul Foster with the Soul Stirrers
“Out on a Hill,” Johnny Taylor with the Soul Stirrers
“What About Me?” Swanee Quintet
“At the Cross,” Clara Ward
“Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down,” Marion Williams
"What Manner of Man is This?" Jackie Verdell with the Davis Sisters
“Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe
“The Sun Didn’t Shine,” Alphabetical Four
Return to a Homeless Shelter
Janice Erlbaum lived in a homeless shelter as a teen. Twenty years later, she returned there to work as a volunteer. She writes about her return in a new memoir, Have You Found Her?
Event: Janice Erlbaum will be speaking and signing books
Friday, March 21 at 7 pm
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street (between Rivington and Stanton Streets)
Please Explain: NPR
NPR says that its mission is to present "fair, accurate and comprehensive information and selected cultural expressions for the benefit of, and at the service of our democracy." That's easier said than done.
Find out how NPR shapes its news and political coverage, who makes judgment calls on a daily basis, and what happens when problems arise. Alicia Shepard is NPR Ombudsman.
Weigh in: What are your comments and/or complaints about NPR's coverage of news and politics? What would you like to hear more or less of?
Read the Mission and Mandate of NPR's Ombudsman
More about Alicia Shepard
Sunday in the Park with George
The new Broadway revival of Sondheim and Lapine's "Sunday in the Park with George" is "great art," according to Ben Brantley of the New York Times. Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell co-star. It's a Roundabout production, and it runs through June 15 at Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. (between 7th & 8th Aves); for tickets and info, call 212-719-1300 or go here.
"Sunday in the Park with George"
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