"JohntheRevelator" is a gospel blues call and response song. Music critic Thomas Ward describes it as "one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war
defeated by his own hammer, wielded by a spirit gone mad with grief. John Henry theRevelator by Constantine von Hoffman is a magical realist novel, in which
their names. Her 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (TheRevelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album