The Hebrew date for the start of Passover is Nisan 15. Passover begins at sunset on the previous day on the civil calendar.
Thanks to Sue Kessell and Paul Stamler's emails for many of these songs.
[played 2008]
Arlo Guthrie\ Go Down Moses\ Arlo Guthrie\ Warner Bros
[played in 2005]
Kate McDonnell\ Go Down Moses\ Where the Mangoes Are\ Appleseed
Shelley Posen\ Four More Kashes\ Manna\ Well Done
The Carter Family\ Little Moses\ My Clinch Mountain Home 1928-1929\ Rounder
Artisan\ Time My People Were Free\ Rocking at the End of Time\ Bedspring
[recent suggestions]
Arlo Guthrie\ Go Down Moses
Kim and Reggie Harris & Rabbi Jonathan Kligler's "Let My People Go! A
Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom," on Appleseed Recordings.
Dave Nachmanoff "Let's Eat" (A Certain Distance)
(similar song on the Waybacks live album)
[older suggestions]
Go Down Moses (Paul Robeson, Kate McDonnell, others)
Mount Zion (Paul Robeson)
SHELLEY POSEN- Four More Kashes
Manna (Well Done)
SHELLEY POSEN- And We Sang Ha Lakhma Anya
Manna (Well Done).
ARLO GUTHRIE- Go Down Moses
Arlo Guthrie (Rising Son)
HANS THEESSINK- Moses
Bridges (Blue Groove)
JESSE WINCHESTER- Pharaoh's Army
Learn to Love It (Stony Plain)
Bernice Lewis Moses and Me Isle of Spirit (Blue Bhikku - CD)
Beth Gelman & Tom Sivak Passover Medley "The Jewish Holidays" OHP
Bob Franke Roll Away the Waters Brief Histories Flying Fish
Dana & Karen Kletter Flight Into Egypt Dear Enemy Hannibal
Elizabeth Pauly/ Canaan's Land Take Me Back To Old Montana/ Scott Crichton
Jesse Winchester Pharaoh's Army Learn to Love It
John Davis Moses Southern Journey Vol. 12: Georgia Sea Islands (Rounder)
June Tabor Pharaoh A Quiet Eye (Green Linnet)
Kim & Reggie Harris Go Down Moses Steal Away (Appleseed)
Kim & Reggie Harris Walkin' in the Wilderness Rock of Ages (Appleseed)
Kinky Friedman---The Shield Of Abraham
Klezmorim Moldovanke METROPOLIS/Flying Fish
Laura Wetzler Children of Abraham Songwriter's Notebook
Linda Hirschhorn & Vocolot Sham'a (Hear & Rejoice) "Behold!"
Matzoh Man! \ The Yiddish People \ Rhino Bros Circus Royale \ Rhino
New England Conservatory Chorus & Orchestra He Sent a Thick Darkness A
Odetta Moses, Moses One Grain of Sand (Vanguard)
Paul Robeson Go Down Moses Carnegie Hall Concert Vol 2 (Vanguard)
Paul Robeson Go Down Moses Peace Arch Concerts Folk Era
Peter, Paul & Mary Dodi Li Flowers And Stones (Reprise Records)
Peter, Paul & Mary Go Tell It on the Mountain In the Wind Warner Bros
Peter, Paul and Mary Man Come Into Egypt Moving (Warner )
Ralph Stanley My Lord Will Send A Moses CHILD OF THE KING Rebel
Ron Eliran \ Real Story of Exodus \ What Do You Do When Young White & Jewish
Simple Gifts Next Year in Jerusalem Other Places self
Sweethearts of the Rodeo I'll Pass Over Thee Beautiful Lies Sugar Hill
Taste of Passover (Rounder)
The Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein Di Krenitse (The Well)
The Weavers Tzena Tzena WASN'T THAT A TIME/Vanguard
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