Goodbye, Babylon

This amazing six-CD set drops out of the proverbial heavens on us. In the spirit of Revenant & Folkways, Greil Marcus calls it the "best country-religious music collection I've ever heard." Features five CDs of guitar evangelists, holiness string bands, jubilee gospel quartets, sacred harp choirs, and sanctified jug music, plus one CD of shouting sisters and powerful preachers delivering the message. Including Louvin Brothers, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, the Carter Family, Dave Macon, Skip James, Stanley Bros, Flatt & Scruggs, Hank Williams, and a host of sanctified brothers, sisters, reverends, and elders. A HUGE 192 page book of notes and essays by musicologists including work from Lynn Abbott, David Evans, David Tibet, and more. You'll shout "Hallelujah!" when you see the look on your loved ones' faces as they open this beautiful 8x11 cedar box & see the careful attention to detail, and you'll sing "Glory! Glory" when you hear this digitally remastered sanctified music.