Marie Knight's new album "Let Us Get Together" will be the subject of this week's "Blues File." The review will air Thursday morning June 21 at 8:30A Eastern Time on WXPN Philadelphia -- then it goes to PRX late in the day Thursday, & is available as the next "Blues File" NPR podcast on Friday 6/22. You can subscribe to the podcast by pasting http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510165 into the iTunes or Yahoo menu place to subscribe to a podcast!

This is Marie's first CD in over 20 years and has received praise very early on. It will be released on June 26, 2007, and Marie will be on tour this August across the country including dates at the Edmonton Folk Festival, Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival, Hawkins Amphitheater, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts!

Marie Knight's first CD in over 20 years continues to receive praise from early previewers of the album! "Let Us Get Together" will be released on June 26, 2007 so don't miss out on this great new album dedicated to the songs of Reverend Gary Davis done by the one and only Marie Knight!!

"'Let Us get Together' is a delight from start to finish." - San Diego Union Tribune

"She's an outstanding singer and the material is a perfect fit. The songs of Reverend Davis are as vibrant now as they were when he was alive." - Dick Waterman

"If you're a fan of Ry Cooder's recent efforts with Mavis Staples, you'd better add this to your collection." - Charleston Daily Mail

"'Let us Get Together' fuses rhythm & blues with gospel for an album that will touch people's hearts and make them lift their hands and arms and rejoice." ~ CelebrityCafe.com

"This record has gotten into my soul, my spirit, since I first heard it, and I cannot stop. It is the sort of music that infects one with joy, from an artist that is incredibly rare and sacred. I am honored to be able to thank Marie Knight here for her generosity in recording it." ~ Madeleine Peyroux