Southern Journey, Vol. 12: Georgia Sea Islands - Biblical Songs And Spirituals
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1998-02-10
Music Label: Rounder Select
Soundtracks:
- Moses - John Davis
- Moses, Don't Get Lost - John Davis
- Turkle Dove - Bessie Jones
- Adam In The Garden - Willis Proctor
- Daniel - Willis Proctor
- Daniel In The Lion's Den - Bessie Jones
- Little David - Bessie Jones
- Eli, You Can't Stand - Willis Proctor
- John - John Davis
- Sign Of Judgment - Henry Morrison/Bessie Jones
- One Of These Days - Willis Proctor
- O Day - Bessie Jones
- Rock In The Weary Land - Peter Davis
- It Just Suits Me - Bessie Jones/Hobart Smith
- I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life For My Lord - Bessie Jones
- Before This Time Another Year - Bessie Jones
- O Death - Bessie Jones
- Goodbye, Everybody - Joe Armstrong
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Free Music Review: Biblical Songs and Spirituals
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an amazing album. I've never heard anyone sing like this. The songs are beautiful, complex and rebellious. The images in them are as glorious as any found in any literature. My favourite is the description of Noah's dove folding his wings and singing as he lands on the hill after the Flood, which is found in 'Turkle Dove'. The songs also hold memories of African stories and gods. Jesus as he appears in these songs very much in the image of an African holy man. John Davis sings of 'Jesus the magic man:' "Jesus Christ was a doctor/ And he turned the water to wine./ What a mighty doctor." Lomax, as he explains in the liner notes, has not taken a purist approach in recording these songs. He has recorded these songs taught to the singers by their grandparents, many of whom were slaves and which are absolutly part of an authentic oral tradition. (Primary sources from the time of the Civil War confirm this.) However, in making these recordings Lomax has added traditional instrumentalists from a range of places, including the Bahamas, which add new influences. (Lomax makes an interesting case for doing this.) I love these recordings.
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