Category Archives: Social music
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56 “I’m In The Battlefield For My Lord” by Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
6July 5, 2011 by gadaya
“All Negro-made church music is dance -possible… The service is really drama with music. And since music without motion is …
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54 “Shine on me” by Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers
2May 6, 2011 by gadaya
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers In the summer of 1927, Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet, all members of …
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53 “Little Moses” by The Carter Family
11April 14, 2011 by gadaya
The Carter Family recorded “Little Moses” in February 14, 1929, their third session for Victor. They arrived this time in …
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52 “John The Revelator” by Blind Willie Johnson
15March 18, 2011 by gadaya
Maybe the greatest “guitar evangelist” of all time, Blind Willie Johnson remains quite a mysterious figure, with only a few …
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50 “John The Baptist” by Rev. Moses Mason
5January 23, 2011 by gadaya
Rev. Moses Mason’s World Judging by the eight sides he recorded in 1928 in Chicago for Paramount Records, Rev. Moses …
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47,48,49 “Judgement” by Rev. Sister Mary Nelson, “He Got Better Things For You” by Memphis Sanctified Singers, “Since I Laid My Burden Down” by Elders McIntorsh & Edwards
8January 3, 2011 by gadaya
After the old sounds of Rev. Gates’s “lining hymns” and the shape-note singers, the Anthology moves on to some black …
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46 “This Song of Love” by Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1
5December 19, 2010 by gadaya
The shape-note singing we heard in the previous selection wasn’t only a white tradition in the South. Some black communities …
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44 & 45 “Rocky Road” and “Present Joys” by Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
6December 5, 2010 by gadaya
“Rocky Road” “Present Joys” After the two tracks by Rev. J.M. Gates that aimed to recreate on record the atmosphere …
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42 & 43 “Must Be Born Again” and “Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting” by Rev. J.M. Gates
8November 6, 2010 by gadaya
“Must Be Born Again” “Oh Death, Where is Thy Sting” We are now entering the “Religious” set of the Anthology …
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41 “Moonshiner’s Dance part 1” by Frank Cloutier & The Victoria Café Orchestra
10October 12, 2010 by gadaya
Many questions arise when we get to the last number of The Anthology’s “dance set”. Musically and geograpically, Frank Cloutier …
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