LoginSouthern Journey, Vol. 8: Velvet Voices - Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, And Colonial Era Music
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This CD is part of an ambitious reissue program of folklorist (did someone say saint?) Alan Lomax's library of recordings. Recorded during a 1960 trip by Lomax to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, these are not the velvet voices of today's high-gloss studio productions. These are the actual voices of the gospel choirs, jubilee singers, and fisherman who continued to honor their African American musical traditions long after the rest of the world had plunged into the modern age. Colonial fife-and-banjo music is represented by the fascinating song "Joe Turner." The sparkling call-and-response of the "Menhaden Chanties
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Manufacturer: Rounder Select
Release date: 9 September 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011661170827 UPC: 011661170827
Release date: 9 September 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011661170827 UPC: 011661170827
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