About this episode

This episode features Ethel Waters' rendition of the folk spiritual 'I Am A Pilgrim' and discusses her contributions to religious music.

Ethel Waters was a national treasure during her lifetime and increasingly turned to religious music later in life, including this sprightly version of the old folk spiritual, “I am a Pilgrim.”

Topics covered

• gospel music
• folk spiritual
• Ethel Waters
• religious music
• music history

Keywords

• Ethel Waters
• I Am A Pilgrim
• gospel music
• religious music
• folk spiritual

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