{"id":1751,"date":"2008-03-04T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T10:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/03\/listen-to-free-at-last-by-the.html"},"modified":"2008-03-04T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T10:20:39","slug":"listen-to-free-at-last-by-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/03\/listen-to-free-at-last-by-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Listen to &#8220;Free at Last&#8221; by The Blind Boys of Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click on the photo below to listen to a song from the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/02\/blind-boys-of-alabama-go-down.html\" target=\"_blank\">Down in New Orleans<\/a>&#8221; by the critically acclaimed gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama.   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