Our Music

What’s the music heard at the opening of every show?

• “Santoro,” performed by Corey Harris and written by Corey Harris and Jamal Millner, from the album “Downhome Sophisticate”
  

What’s the music heard under the opening credits?

• “Heaven,” performed by Tangle Eye, from the album “Tangle Eye: Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed”
  

What’s the music at the end of the segments?

• End of the first segment: "Lookout for Hope,” performed by Jerry Douglas and written by Bill Frisell, from the album “Lookout for Hope”
• End of the first segment (occasionally): “Drownded,” performed by Tangle Eye, from the album “Tangle Eye: Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed”
• End of the second segment: “Honey Bee,” performed by Cassandra Wilson and written by Muddy Waters, from the album “Glamoured”
• End of the third segment: “Parchman Blues,” performed by Tangle Eye, from the album “Tangle Eye: Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed”
• End of the last segment (occasionally): “Captitaine,” by Corey Harris, from the album “Downhome Sophisticate”
  
• End of the last segment (occasionally): “Dirty Hair,” written and performed by David Byrne, from the soundtrack album “Lead Us Not into Temptation”
  

We regularly use small bits of music throughout the program, including the following:

• Several selections from the album  “Tangle Eye: Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed” including “Parchman Blues”, “Holler”, “Hangman”, and “Heaven”
• Several selections by Etta Baker. Her albums include "One-Dime Blues" and "Railroad Bill"
• Several numbers by Anouar Brahem including tracks from the albums "Le Pas du Chat Noir", "Astrakan Café" and "Barzakh"
  
• "Tilliboyo Sunset" performed by the Kronos Quartet for the album "Pieces of Africa"
  
• Several selections from "Bottleneck Serenade" by Stefan Grossman including "Friends Forever", "For Elvis". and "Evening Prayer Blues"
• "So Cool" from the album Potpourri by Al Hamme and The Swing Street Jazztet
  
• “Power,” performed by King Britt and Sister Gertrude Morgan and written by Sister Gertrude Morgan, King Britt and Tim Motzer, from the album “King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan”
• “She Began to Lie,” written and performed by Greg Hale Jones and based on “Sea Lion Woman” performed by Christine and Katharine Shipp, from the album “Music from the Motion Picture: The General’s Daughter”
• “Passing the Bar,” written and performed by Jerry Douglas, from the album “Restless on the Farm”
• "Adagio, Second Movement" from the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo; performed by Manuel Barrueco, guitar, with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Placido Domingo; from the album “Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Songs, etc.”
• “Strongest Weakness,” performed by Etta James and the Roots Band and written by Gary Nicholson and Bekka Bramlett, from the album “Let’s Roll”
• “I Want to be Loved,” performed by Cassandra Wilson and written by Willie Dixon, from the album “Thunderbird”
• “Honey Bee,” performed by Cassandra Wilson and written by Muddy Waters, from the album “Glamoured”

Special thanks to music producer David Schulman for his work in finding these songs and giving The Story its distinctive sound.