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We would like to thank all of our generous supporters who donated to this project through Kickstarter:

 

Visionaries ($500 and up):

Fat Cat NYC, Marcia Solkoff Eskin, Kim Smith, Phil Susswein, and Vanessa Egle  

 

Earthly Angels ($100 and up):


Allegra Segura, Andrew Rosenblum, Barbara Kirby, Beth Kruvant,
Bill and Marie, Brian Cohen, Carolyn Smith Bryant, Danny Kahn, David Kanzeg,
Doug Levy, Ernest Sanchez, Holly R. Tavelli, Makoto Fujimura, Marge Marash, Maxim Koslow,
Michael Aronoff, Richard Siegel, Rima and Bill Caspary, Sid Selvidge, Shelby Wood, and Susan Borg

 

Blues Missionaries:

Alan N. Oransky, Alexis Cuadrado, Alexis Goldstein, Alleen Deutsch, Amy Briskin, Amy Loria, Amy van Esso, Andrea LeHeup, Andrew Bloom, Andrew Borg, Andy Orgel, Ann Bloston, Ann Mintz, Ann Mount,
Arthur Cohen, Ashtara Silunar, Babrbara Margolis, Becca Pulliam,
Bill Schubart , Bill Updegraff, Breanne Speer,
Bruce Gitlin, Caitlin Kline, Cara Brownell, Carmen Vicencio, Caron Atlas, Casey Keller,
Catherine Chiong, Catherine Milone, Celia A. Shapiro, Charlie Jones, Cherard Williams, Cynthia Riggs, Cyrus Gewecke, Dana Smillie,
David Brancaccio, David Goren, David Koblitz, David Shinn, David Wyner, Deb Lamberton, Debbie Irwin, Deborah Goldblatt, Deborah Monlux, Deborah Steinberg, Dennis Herndon, Devon Kirkpatrick, Diane Gayeski, Don Rathe, Donna McKillip, Doria Roberts, Douglas Pell, Judith Sloan (EarSay), Edward Lim, Eileen McAdam, Elizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Kellum, Erin Hall, Eve Beglarian, Gail Levinson, Glen Bannister, Gregory Andracke, Hee Chung Hwang, Holly Jim Crocket Misha, Heidi Katz,
Howard Berman, Iarry Mollin, Irene Trudel, Jacki Lyden, James Mack, Jana M. Jevnikar, Jane Marvin, Jane Slater, Janine, Jay Allison, Jay Kernis, Jeff Cohen, Jeffrey Dvorkin, Jeff Gunter, Jeff Sottolano, Jeffrey Hollender,
Jeffry Green, Jenna Rathe, Jeremy Biddle, Jill Spitzer, Joann B. Moorhead, Joanne Strohmeyer, Joe Richman, Joe Stackell, Joe Witte, John Penney, Jonathan Miller, Josh Holtz, Joyce Lieberman, Joyce Tawil, Judith Lasker, Jules Schneider, Julie Kim, Karen Schlam, Ken Freedman, Julie Schneider, Karen Shannon, Kip Lornell, L.C. Greene, Lauren Englund, Lauren Krenzel, Laurence Paulson, Laurie Spiegel, Linda Conley, Linda Permann, Lisa Lim, Livia Vanaver, Lolis Elie, Lorraine Wilcox, Lulu Golub, Mamyjomarash, Marc Pokempner, Margie Karpas, Margo Hirsch, Mariel Clemensen, Marion M., Marjorie Marty, Mary Ann Shirley, Mary Bailey,
Matthew Glass, Maureen Hurd Hause, Megan, Melanie Roher,
Melissa Southwell, Michael Gerbino, Michael J. Lutch, Mike Mount,
Mike Rivers, Miles Greer, Miranda, Molly Murphy, Nancy Josephson, Nancy Ochsenschlager, Nancy Solomon, Neil Calman M.D., Nicholas Borg, Niqui Carter, Norman and Joan McMillan, Paddy Bowman, Pat Morrissy, Patricia Maltz, Paul Siegmund, Peg Wreen, Peter Rothbart, Philip Johnston, Rachel Maurer, Rachel Schwarz, Ralph Lee Smith, Ray Gallon,
Reva Dolobowsky, Richard, Richard Christie, Rick, Rob Gibson,
Ron Simblist, Roy Hooks, Sara Goodman, Sara Kaplow MvClusky,
Sara McMillan, Sarah Ivy, Sheila Gerzoff, Sheila M. Turner, Snorre Wik, Stacey Mayesh, Stephen Barrett, Stephen Steinberg, Steve Handelsman, Steven Epstein, Stuart Leigh, Susan Iverson, Terri Ellen Pease,
Thomas Boyd, Tim Owens, Tom Keenoy, Trey Kay, Valerie Chin,
Vanessa de St-Blanquat, Vera Bagnyuk, William Dreskin, Yorgo Pasadeos, and Yvonne Lim Wilson

 

Heavenly Choir:

Aileen Tat, Alexander Moore, Amanda Ruzza, Amie Hill, Andrew Wallace, Annie Gilbertson, Archie Lee Coates IV,
Armored Sound Productions, Bob DeVos, Brian Ungaro, Calloway Scott, Craig Bray, Danielle Fenton, Dave Mandl, Denise Esposito, Edward Tweedy, Elizabeth Giddens, Elizabeth Lee, Evelyn Eller Rosenbaum, Flash Rosenberg, Fudge Family Farms, Garth Lombard, Gastronome Gallery, Hallgier Olsen, Jane Seskin, Jehudith Cohen, Joan Odes, Jim Luce, Jim Russell, Kathleen S. Macey, Mary Ann Lindsay, Keva, Kim Grehn, L. Eskin, Larry Hoppen, LeeAnn Brisset, Les Helyes, Lisa Suss, Lori, Meg, Lydia Guterman, Michaela Murray-Nolan, Paula Robinson, Pizza Tonight, R. Norton, Rachel Madris,
Ramona Rideout, Richard Maddox, RoadSong, Rob Druker, Rob Gold,
Ryan Jacobi, Steve Robinson, Tom Von Lahndorff
, Wangro and Wild Rumpus

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Listen to the Radio Show

RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 1 RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 1 (mp3)
RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 2 RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 2 (mp3)
RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 3 RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 3 (mp3)
RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 4 RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 4 (mp3)
RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 5 RADIO SHOW SEGMENT 5 (mp3)

 

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Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers

Despite disability, poverty, isolation and prejudice, a surprising number of blind African American singers who came from the gospel tradition would influence not just gospel music, but blues, bluegrass, and American vernacular music up to and beyond rock and roll.

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Heavenly Sight
Demonstration Audio 081710
Dramatis Personae
(In order of appearance)

Jimmy Carter—lead singer, The Blind Boys of Alabama
Dave Marash—host/journalist
Lee Breuer—co-creator/director The Gospel at Colonus
(MacArthur Fellow)
Dr. Kip Lornell—ethnomusicologist
Henry Butler—blind musician, composer, educator
David Bromberg—guitarist/bandleader
(former Leadboy for Rev. Gary Davis)
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon—musicologist and performer
Dr. Jerma Jackson—cultural historian
Valerie Capers—blind musician and composer
Ray Charles—blind musician, arranger