Gonna Let It Shine
2005 live album by Odetta
Gonna Let It Shine | ||||
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Live album by Odetta | ||||
Released | 2005 | |||
Recorded | Fordham University, New York | |||
Genre | Folk, blues, holiday | |||
Label | M.C. | |||
Producer | Mark Carpentieri | |||
Odetta chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays (or simply Gonna Let It Shine), is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2005. It was recorded at Fordham University in New York City for a public radio broadcast.
Gonna Let It Shine was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. It was the last album of new material that Odetta would release during her lifetime.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "Intro" – 3:42
- "This Little Light of Mine" (Harry Loes) – 5:43
- "Rise Up Shepherd" – 3:22
- "Mary Had a Baby" – 2:33
- "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 1:46
- "Shout for Joy" – 2:20
- "Virgin Mary Had One Son" – 3:17
- "Down by the Riverside" – 4:06
- "Poor Little Jesus" – 2:15
- "Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I'm on My Way" – 6:32
- "Somebody Talking 'Bout Jesus" – 1:40
- "Keep on Movin' It On" (Odetta Gordon) – 2:02
- "O Jerusalem" (Athena, Faro, Traditional) – 3:33
- "If Anybody Asks You" (Gordon) – 5:22
- "Midnight Special" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 4:54
- "This Little Light of Mine" – 4:41[1]
Personnel
- Odetta – vocals
- Seth Farber – piano
- The Holmes Brothers – background vocals[2]
Production notes
- Engineered by Fred Guarino
- Liner notes by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Odetta
- Executive producers – Catherine and Mark Carpentieri[2]
References
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- The Tin Angel
- Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
- At the Gate of Horn
- My Eyes Have Seen
- Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads
- Christmas Spirituals
- Odetta and the Blues
- Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin'
- One Grain of Sand
- Odetta Sings Folk Songs
- It's a Mighty World
- Odetta Sings of Many Things
- Odetta Sings Dylan
- Odetta
- Odetta Sings the Blues
- Odetta Sings
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Looking for a Home
- Odetta at Carnegie Hall
- Odetta at Town Hall
- Odetta in Japan
- The Essential Odetta
- Odetta at the Best of Harlem
- Movin' It On
- To Ella
- Women in (E)motion
- Gonna Let It Shine
- Odetta
- The Best of Odetta
- The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
- The Best of the Vanguard Years
- Livin' with the Blues
- Absolutely the Best
- The Tradition Masters
- Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999–2005
- Vanguard Visionaries