Songs of our Native Daughters

Locations
Call Number: CD Folk African Songs
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 3rd Floor, CDs 2-week checkout	CD Folk African Songs	2-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult A/V 2-week checkout	CD Folk African Songs	2-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult A/V 2-week checkout	CD Folk African Songs	2-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult A/V 2-week checkout	CD Folk African Songs	2-week checkout	Due 04-27-2025

Title from disc label.
Compact disc.
Program notes and texts in English (35 pages : portraits (some color)) inserted in container.
Black myself (3:56) -- Moon meets the sun (4:08) -- Barbados (5:52) -- Quasheba, quasheba (4:43) -- I knew I could fly (3:42) -- Polly Ann's hammer (3:00) -- Mama's cryin' long (2:11) -- Slave driver (4:42) -- Better git yer learnin' (3:57) -- Lavi difisil (2:30) -- Blood and bones (4:45) -- Music and joy (3:19) -- You're not alone (5:36).
Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell.
Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on Songs of Our Native Daughters, written and sung in various combinations, is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting submitted by kencza on August 9, 2019, 2:54pm These women visit a number of musical styles with a variety of instruments and topics, Great vocals and an interesting lineup of songs including a nice version of "John Henry" and a cover of a Bob Marley favorite "Catch A Fire".