Selections 1976-1988

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  • ISBN13: 0018964066727
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Genre: Folk Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 12-AUG-1997Amazon.com essential recording
Of course they’re preachy–that’s what preachers do. The long-running black women’s a cappella group (plus an extra member who signs the songs in American Sign Language) is absolutely serious about their historically researched narratives of women and liberation: the struggle against… More >> Selections 1976-1988

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Comment from Frank Camm
Time April 29, 2010 at 10:15 am

True originals, with African, gospel, country blues, folk all mixed deep in their rich a cappella brew. Rough and sometimes raw interplay of voices has the resonance of a more desperate than joyful revival. Studio and live tracks.

Disk 1. Polyphonic voices coalesce into communal rhythms, passion, determination, and remarkable beauty. Didactic, but who cares-everything else in the mix quickly shoves that aside. Raw cries from somewhere down deep and primeval, close to the soul of the human condition. Standouts: tr 4–Children; S: tr 11-Crying for freedom (full-tilt, high-energy gospell); tr 15–In the upper room (stately doowop gospel) [65:24] [66:03]

Disk 2. Strong flavor of rural blues, chants, field songs, and moans. S: tr 1-Testimony. tr 4-Meyango (Kahlil Gibran). tr 6-As long as I have breath in my body. tr 7-No images. tr 10-Biko (Caribbean lilt in justice song). tr 17-Breaths. [64:57] Rating: 5 / 5

Comment from M. Mealey
Time April 29, 2010 at 10:44 am

Arguably, the best accapella group, ever. Period.

This retrospective of this dynamic group reflects their extensive vocal range (even sounding like ambulances on one track!) and their righteous goals: reaching back to honor and remember the past, while pushing feminist and peace-loving values foward.

Absolutely, incomparable.

If you’ve come upon this group’s section by chance or Amazon recommendation, you are in luck. Please, pick them up. You won’t be disappointed. Rating: 5 / 5

Comment from Anonymous
Time April 29, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Oh those voices…..deep harmonies, heavy rhythms, and rich timbres–just like angels. Sweet Honey in the Rock gives any song, both new and old, its own charm and artistry. I’d recommend this to anyone with a taste for beauty and strength. Rating: 5 / 5

Comment from Anonymous
Time April 29, 2010 at 2:12 pm

If you were touched by the civil rights movement, if you feel you are living in the 90′s with a 60′s political spirit, this album will touch you like no other. Sweet Honey kept, and keeps, that spirit alive. A wonderful retrospective of their work. “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes” says it all. Rating: 5 / 5

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