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Touches your soul.:
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.
Delicious, perfect, and powerful:
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.
Underrated Accapella:
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.
Rich a cappella brew close to the soul of the human condition:
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) \o65:24\c \o66:03\c 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. \o64:57\c
| Binding: | Music Download | | Genre: | contemporary-folk-music | | Release Date: | 1997-01-01 | | Running Time: | 0 seconds |
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