A Tribute to Odetta, the magnificent and highly influential African American folk and blues singer, who died in 2008 at the age of 77, is the theme for this edition of Stranger Songs. All of the songs on this show were part of Odetta's repertoire.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Stranger Here Odetta - Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ - RCA |
| Alabama Bound Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Take This Hammer – When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5 - Bluebird |
| Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Bessie Smith - Bessie Smith: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection - Big3 |
| House of the Rising Sun Josh White - The Josh White Stories, Vols. I & II - Jasmine |
| Roberta Odetta - Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly - M.C. |
| Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I’m On My Way Odetta - Gonna Let It Shine - M.C. |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Glory Glory Gina Coleman - Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta - Guitar One |
| Wade in the Water Kim & Reggie Harris - Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad - Appleseed |
| Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Odetta - Odetta at Carnegie Hall - Vanguard |
| No More Auction Block Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 - Columbia |
| Blowin’ in the Wind Odetta - Odetta Sings Dylan - RCA |
| Ain’t No More Cane on the Brazos Chaim Tannenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum - StorySound
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| Waterboy Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow is My Turn - Nonesuch |
| The Midnight Special Sweet Honey in the Rock - A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Centre - Appleseed |
| This Little Light of Mine Coco Love Alcorn - Rebirth - Coco Love Alcorn
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| Down By the Riverside Odetta & The Holmes Brothers - Gonna Let It Shine - M.C. |
| Hit or Miss Tom Jones - Spirit in the Room - Island |
| Careless Love Penny Lang - Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky - Borealis
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| Go Down, Sunshine Misty Blues - Tell Me Who You Are: A Live Tribute to Odetta - Guitar One |
| Oh Papa Odetta & Dr. John - Blues Everywhere I Go - M.C. |
| Goodnight Irene Odetta - Lookin’ for a Home: Thanks to Leadbelly - M.C. |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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4:06 PM, February 6th, 2024