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I'm On My Journey Home: Vocal Styles And Resources In Folk Music
This album is a loosely structured survey of different types of vocal styles and resources found in rural Anglo-American lower- and middle-class communities. Some of the modes of performance, such as hollering and solo ballad singing, have almost die…
Kathleen Battle, Raymond Murcell, Rose Taylor, The Harmoneion Singers, Neely Bruce, Lawrence Skrobacs
Angels' Visits (And Other Vocal Gems Of Victorian America)This recording is a collection of American songs and hymns published mostly during the 1860s and 1870s that deal generally with angels, heaven, and death. Considering the rather morbid subject matter of these songs, they are surprisingly pleasant and…
I'm Glad About It: The Legacy Of Gospel Music In Louisville
In the mid-20th century, Louisville gospel music was occasionally recorded when members of the local gospel community pressed 45rpm records and LPs, and released them through grassroots record labels such as Sensational Sounds, Grace, Blessed, and D.…
Life in Heaven is Free - Checker Gospel 1961 - 1973
Gospel melts into Soul in this dazzling collection of sides originally released by the Chess subsidiary label Checker. Devised by the same team supporting the likes of Muddy Waters and Etta James at Chess, the vintage of Checker Gospel celebrated her…