Gonna Let It Shine

Infobox Album |
Name = Gonna Let It Shine
Type = live album
Artist = Odetta


Released = 2005
Recorded = Fordham University, New York, NY
Genre = Folk, blues, holiday
Length =
Label = M.C.
Producer = Mark Carpentieri
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfixqwsld0e link]
Last album = "Women in (E)motion"
(2002)
This album = "Gonna Let It Shine"
(2005)
Next album = "Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005"
(2006)

"Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert for the Holidays" (or simply "Gonna Let it Shine"), is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2005. It was recorded at Fordham University in New York City for a public radio broadcast.

"Gonna Let It Shine" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
#"Intro" – 3:42
#"This Little Light of Mine" (Harry Loes) – 5:43
#"Rise Up Shepherd" – 3:22
#"Mary Had a Baby" – 2:33
#"What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 1:46
#"Shout for Joy" – 2:20
#"Virgin Mary Had One Son" – 3:17
#"Down by the Riverside" – 4:06
#"Poor Little Jesus" – 2:15
#"Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I'm on My Way" – 6:32
#"Somebody Talking 'Bout Jesus" – 1:40
#"Keep on Movin' It On" (Odetta Gordon) – 2:02
#"O Jersualem" (Athena, Faro, Traditional) – 3:33
#"If Anybody Asks You" (Gordon) – 5:22
#"Midnight Special" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 4:54
#"This Little Light of Mine" – 4:41

Personnel

*Odetta – vocals
*Seth Farber – piano
*The Holmes Brothers – background vocals

Production notes

*Engineered by Fred Guarino
*Liner notes by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Odetta
*Executive producers – Catherine and Mark Carpentieri