Didn't It Rain

...it should. It's the one and only Phil Woods. And now we reach those rains "of biblical proportions" mentioned in the introduction. "Didn't It Rain" is a gospel standard which has been recorded by a number of artists: The Oak Ridge Boys,...

In this article: Gene Kelly, Mel Torme, Patricia Barber, Singin' in the Rain, Here's That Rainy Day, Singin' in the Rain, Phil Woods, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Louis Armstrong

...in the Songs: Ohia catalog. Every song was recorded live in the studio with a full touring band plus musicians from Didn't it Rain. The album's sound draws heavily from the heartland rock and folk-rock of the 1960s/70s, as well as, to some...

In this article: Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., EP, Ghost Tropic, Mike Mogis, Alasdair Roberts, Secretly Canadian, and Trials and Errors

...life and songs, titled Just As I Am, the Life, the Times, the Voice of Mahalia Jackson. It features songs such as How I Got Over, Didn't It Rain and This Little Light of Mine. The play, directed by Bob Devin Jones, will run on a limited...

In this article: Mahalia Jackson, Halloween, This Little Light of Mine, JFK, and Martin Luther King Jr.

...than the current members of Magnolia Electric Co., and the decision to take on the new name was not announced until the tour following the release in the Spring of 2003. Molina has later declared Didn't It Rain the final Songs: Ohia album.

In this article: Magnolia Electric Co., Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina, Bringing It All Back Home, Metacritic, Bob Dylan, Secretly Canadian, Steve Albini, and Chicago

...personnel, The Black Ram (2007) was the most powerful collection of J-Mo songs recorded with a band since (timeless masterpiece) Didn't It Rain (2002), whereas the actual MECo album-proper on the Sojourner box-set suggested that Molina...

In this article: Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co., Imprimatur, Earth Angel, Retribution Gospel Choir, and Sojourner

...toys, but with Molina, repetition conveys the subtle dread that the heart is just a machine for pumping blood. Recording his masterful Didn't It Rain (2002) with Jim and Jennie Benford from the Pinetop Seven might have re-aligned Molina with...

In this article: Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co., Alt Country, What Comes After the Blues, Trials & Errors, Neil Young, Hank Williams, Ghost Tropic, and Appropriation

...Jackson. It was recorded by Edan Cohen at Soundgun Studios in Philadelphia and released by Secretly Canadian on March 5, 2002. The Metacritic website gave the album a composite rating of 85, ranking it tenth among the best albums of 2002.

In this article: Metacritic, Secretly Canadian, Mahalia Jackson, and Philadelphia

...members, notably the trio of sopranos at the start of Softly and Tenderly, and countertenor Reginald Mobley in the Mahalia Jackson standard Didn't it Rain? The uptempo numbers were suitably rousing, including a breakneck jazz revamp of You...

In this article: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Dog, Louisiana 1927, First United Methodist Church, The Miami Herald, and Mahalia Jackson

...than I adhere to. And of course with the kids free to choose whatever song they want, songs of faith could be anything from the spiritual "Didn't It Rain" to Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens' "Peace Train" to Jackson Browne's "The Rebel Jesus" to...

In this article: American Idol, Jesus, Michael Johns, Shout to the Lord, Carly Smithson, Ryan Seacrest, Amazing Grace, Kristy Lee Cook, Syesha Mercado, and John McCain