“Let the Work That I’ve Done Speak for Me” performed by Joe Carter

On Being : “Let the Work That I’ve Done Speak for Me” performed by Joe Carter Image
On Being : “Let the Work That I’ve Done Speak for Me” performed by Joe Carter Image

“Let the Work That I’ve Done Speak for Me” performed by Joe Carter

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Joe Carter’s live recording of “Let the Work That I’ve Done Speak for Me” from the On Being episode “Joe Carter — The Spirituals.” These songs were never made available as an album in his lifetime. All tracks were recorded in studio in 2003 with Tom West on piano.

Joe Carter was a singer, performer, teacher, and traveling humanitarian. He performed for more than 25 years in opera and musical theater, portrayed Paul Robeson in a one-man musical, and introduced people around the world to the spiritual. He died of leukemia at age 57, on June 26, 2006.