{"id":5043,"date":"2023-11-14T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:45:48","slug":"parsons-playlists-take-me-to-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2023\/11\/parsons-playlists-take-me-to-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Playlists: Take Me To The River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists<\/a>! Today\u2019s playlist is curated by Music Library associate Melanie and features some music having to do with rivers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take Me To The River<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is a playlist with lots of songs about rivers – both literal and metaphorical – around the world. Enjoy! <\/p>\n

Al Green – “Take Me To The River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Madness – “Night Boat To Cairo”<\/a><\/p>\n

Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Green River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Mavis Staples – “In The Mississippi River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Alison Krauss (from O Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/em>-2000) – “Down to the River to Pray”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lefty Frizzell – “James River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Original Broadway cast of Big River<\/em> – “River in the Rain”<\/a><\/p>\n

Joni Mitchell – “River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy – “When the Levee Breaks”<\/a><\/p>\n

Old Crow Medicine Show – “James River Blues”<\/a><\/p>\n

Hemant Kumar (from Kabuliwala<\/em> – 1961) – “Ganga Aaye Kahan Se”<\/a><\/p>\n

Gerry and the Pacemakers – “Ferry Cross the Mersey”<\/a><\/p>\n

Billy Joel – “River of Dreams”<\/a><\/p>\n

Pete Seeger – “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Williams (from Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas<\/em> – 1977) – “When the River Meets the Sea”<\/a><\/p>\n

Neil Young – “Down By The River”<\/a><\/p>\n

R.E.M. – “Cuyahoga”<\/a><\/p>\n

Enya – “Orinoco Flow”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Melodians – “Rivers of Babylon”<\/a><\/p>\n

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint – “The River in Reverse”<\/a><\/p>\n

Pixies – “River Euphrates”<\/a><\/p>\n

Ike and Tina Turner – “Proud Mary”<\/a><\/p>\n

Randy Newman – “Burn On”<\/a><\/p>\n

Jimmy Cliff – “Many Rivers To Cross”<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen – “The River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Zitany Neil\/Soukous Stars – “Marcory Gasoil”<\/a><\/p>\n

Talking Heads – “Take Me To The River”<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyX1sWqgssBjMJjTw11gEgh&si=pluZcqQHX3VZYmVi<\/a><\/p>\n