The Price of the Ticket
(2024)
Album: No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello ha pubblicato un ricco album dedicato a James Baldwin, grande scrittore e intellettuale afroamericano in prima linea nelle battaglie per i diritti di tutte le minoranze.
Ne parla in maniera estesa questa settimana la bravissima Silvia Boschero nel programma Moby Dick su Radio Due.
Album: No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello ha pubblicato un ricco album dedicato a James Baldwin, grande scrittore e intellettuale afroamericano in prima linea nelle battaglie per i diritti di tutte le minoranze.
Ne parla in maniera estesa questa settimana la bravissima Silvia Boschero nel programma Moby Dick su Radio Due.
I'm just walkin'
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inviata da Lorenzo Masetti 31/10/2024 - 10:08
Blind Willie McTell
Nessuno canta il blues come Blind Willie McTell
by Andrea Plazzi - 2010
"Il fascino di una canzone come Blind Willie McTell va sicuramente molto al di là del suo (assoluto) valore musicale, e tocca evidentemente corde profonde. Ma anche limitandoci al più immediato (si fa per dire) fascino intellettuale, i motivi evidenti d’interesse non mancano.
Per esempio il testo sofisticato ma mai ermetico o astratto, che procede per lampi e immagini, tracciando uno scenario di vivezza impressionante e potenza visionaria, in cui si intrecciano i fantasmi della coscienza di un paese, il senso di colpa dell’uomo bianco e il rispetto reverente per la Grande Anima del Blues alimentata dal dolore e dalla sofferenza. Culminante in un senso di consapevolezza fatale e definitivo: nessuno canta il blues come Blind Willie McTell".
by Andrea Plazzi - 2010
"Il fascino di una canzone come Blind Willie McTell va sicuramente molto al di là del suo (assoluto) valore musicale, e tocca evidentemente corde profonde. Ma anche limitandoci al più immediato (si fa per dire) fascino intellettuale, i motivi evidenti d’interesse non mancano.
Per esempio il testo sofisticato ma mai ermetico o astratto, che procede per lampi e immagini, tracciando uno scenario di vivezza impressionante e potenza visionaria, in cui si intrecciano i fantasmi della coscienza di un paese, il senso di colpa dell’uomo bianco e il rispetto reverente per la Grande Anima del Blues alimentata dal dolore e dalla sofferenza. Culminante in un senso di consapevolezza fatale e definitivo: nessuno canta il blues come Blind Willie McTell".
Pluck 9/9/2024 - 11:27
Hard Times
featuring Black Thought
dall'album Wake Up! (2010)
dall'album Wake Up! (2010)
HARD TIMES
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20/9/2024 - 22:57
The Wayfaring Stranger [Libby Prison Hymn]
anonimo
![The Wayfaring Stranger [Libby Prison Hymn]](img/upl/lossy-page1-1250px-Virginia2C_Richmond2C_Libby_Prison_-_NARA_-_533362.tif.jpg)
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Lyrics and music /Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel:
anonimo
Performed by / Interpreti / Interprétée par / Laulavat:
1. Joan Baez
Album : Poor Wayfaring Stranger
2. Paul Robeson
Album : The Power And The Glory
3. Pete Seeger
Album : Wayfaring Stranger
4. Johnny Cash
Album : American III: Solitary Man
5. Libby Prison Minstrels
6. Burl Ives
Album : The Wayfaring Stranger
7. Jos Slovick
OST: 1917
E’ una canzone folk e anche un gospel del XIX secolo. Fu pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1858 nella raccolta The Christian songster : a collection of hymns and spiritual songs, usually sung at camp, prayer, and social meetings, and revivals of religion ; designed for all denominations a cura di di Joseph Bever. Figura al n. 23 della raccolta, a pag. 34. Il testo si discosta in modo significativo dalle versioni diffuse in seguito. Anche il... (continua)
Lyrics and music /Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel:
anonimo
Performed by / Interpreti / Interprétée par / Laulavat:
1. Joan Baez
Album : Poor Wayfaring Stranger
2. Paul Robeson
Album : The Power And The Glory
3. Pete Seeger
Album : Wayfaring Stranger
4. Johnny Cash
Album : American III: Solitary Man
5. Libby Prison Minstrels
6. Burl Ives
Album : The Wayfaring Stranger
7. Jos Slovick
OST: 1917
E’ una canzone folk e anche un gospel del XIX secolo. Fu pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1858 nella raccolta The Christian songster : a collection of hymns and spiritual songs, usually sung at camp, prayer, and social meetings, and revivals of religion ; designed for all denominations a cura di di Joseph Bever. Figura al n. 23 della raccolta, a pag. 34. Il testo si discosta in modo significativo dalle versioni diffuse in seguito. Anche il... (continua)
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
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inviata da Riccardo Gullotta 10/7/2024 - 11:32
Down Rodeo
(1996)
Album: Evil Empire
Rodeo Drive è la strada dello shopping di Beverly Hills,
Album: Evil Empire
Rodeo Drive è la strada dello shopping di Beverly Hills,
“Down Rodeo” was a promotional single by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. The song was intended as the third single from their Evil Empire album, although a domestic single was never released.
The song addresses social inequality between the rich and poor of America, and the simmering class warfare that existed in the band’s home city of Los Angeles following the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. “Down Rodeo” was written just three years after six days of riots were sparked by police violence against minorities in the city. The full lyric must be put into context of the time period and the beating of Rodney King to be understood: “So now I’m rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun, These people ain’t seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one”
Genius
The song addresses social inequality between the rich and poor of America, and the simmering class warfare that existed in the band’s home city of Los Angeles following the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. “Down Rodeo” was written just three years after six days of riots were sparked by police violence against minorities in the city. The full lyric must be put into context of the time period and the beating of Rodney King to be understood: “So now I’m rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun, These people ain’t seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one”
Genius
Yeah, I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
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inviata da lucone 25/5/2024 - 23:29
The Story of O.J.
[2017]
Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Shawn Corey Carter (Jay-Z)
Album: 4:44
In the summer of 2017, Jay-Z dropped his thirteenth studio album 4:44 to near-rapturous fan reception and critical praise. The project was Jay’s most vulnerable and intimate to date, with the title track famously confirming allegations of infidelity mentioned on his wife Beyoncé’s 2016 opus Lemonade. However, LP standout track “The Story Of O.J.” was less personal and more societal, as the Jigga Man addressed racism and stereotypes within the black community with his signature incisiveness.
“The Story Of O.J.” features lyrics referencing infamous figure O.J. Simpson and his alleged belief that his wealth and influence transcended his race. “I’m not black, I’m O.J.” is a line rumored to have been uttered by Simpson in an interview, and it was quoted in the Emmy-winning... (continua)
Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Shawn Corey Carter (Jay-Z)
Album: 4:44
In the summer of 2017, Jay-Z dropped his thirteenth studio album 4:44 to near-rapturous fan reception and critical praise. The project was Jay’s most vulnerable and intimate to date, with the title track famously confirming allegations of infidelity mentioned on his wife Beyoncé’s 2016 opus Lemonade. However, LP standout track “The Story Of O.J.” was less personal and more societal, as the Jigga Man addressed racism and stereotypes within the black community with his signature incisiveness.
“The Story Of O.J.” features lyrics referencing infamous figure O.J. Simpson and his alleged belief that his wealth and influence transcended his race. “I’m not black, I’m O.J.” is a line rumored to have been uttered by Simpson in an interview, and it was quoted in the Emmy-winning... (continua)
Skin is, skin is
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20/4/2024 - 03:23
Georgia Chain Gang
Guitar Nubbit
Guitar Nubbit - Georgia Chain Gang -1962
Transcription: Jürgen Henning (Blues Power Magazin 2 (1993), no. 3, p. 19)
Transcription: Jürgen Henning (Blues Power Magazin 2 (1993), no. 3, p. 19)
Alvin Hankerson (November 23, 1923 – June 30, 1995), better known as Guitar Nubbit, was an American blues guitarist and singer. His most notable song was "Georgia Chain Gang", which was originally released in 1962 as a single on Bluestown Records. - Wikipedia
I Was Way Down in Georgia,
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inviata da Pluck 18/4/2024 - 18:24
Mr.Tyree
anonimo
Testo trascritto dalla presentazione del video citato
Mr. Tyree
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inviata da Pluck 17/4/2024 - 17:25
I Am Sold and Going to Georgia
anonimo
Library of Congress, Archive of AmericanFolk Song, WPA Collection.
American Folksongs of Protest by John Greenway
Philadelphia University Pennsylvania Press 1953
p. 95-96
American Folksongs of Protest by John Greenway
Philadelphia University Pennsylvania Press 1953
p. 95-96
This song is usually sung by the chained gangs of slaves who are on their way, being driven from Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky, to the more southern states for sale. The last line of each verse is the chorus, and gives a most impressive effect when sung—as it often is— by 60 or 150 voices echoing the plaintive grief of their hearts. This last line is intended as an appeal to all who have it in their power to aid in bringing about the jubilee of emancipation. -J. W. C. Pennington, D.D. Despite Dr. Pennington's contemporary affidavit that this is a Negro song, most observers will agree that its white origin is transparent; but it is worth including, if only for Dr. Pennington's intriguing phrase, "sung ... by 60 or 150 voices."
O! When shall we poor souls be free?
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inviata da Pluck 15/4/2024 - 17:21
I Want to Go Home
anonimo
Da : Slave Songs of the United States.
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. - Part 1, p.46 , #61
William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .
[Verse 7 was added after the Emancipation Proclamation.--J. S. R.]
da: William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. - Part 1, p.46 , #61
William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .
[Verse 7 was added after the Emancipation Proclamation.--J. S. R.]
da: William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .
Dere's no rain to wet you.
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inviata da Pluck 11/4/2024 - 17:10
My Father, How Long ?
anonimo
My Father, How Long ? ( Traditional )
Berea Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Ensemble
My Father, How Long? / We’ll Soon Be Free.
Two versions of the same song. First in TW Higginson* Army Life In A Black Regiment (pg. 169 XXXIV)
[For singing this “the negroes had been put in jail in Georgetown, S.C., at the outbreak of the Rebellion. ‘We’ll soon be free’ was too dangerous an assertion, and though the chant was an old one, it was no doubt sung with redoubled emphasis during the new events. ‘De Lord will call us home’ was evidently thought to be a symbolical verse; for, as a little drummer boy explained it to me, showing all his white teeth as he sat in the moonlight by the door of my tent, ‘Dey tink de Lord mean for say de Yankees.’”——T.W.H.]
second version, Slaves Songs of the United States, section IV., #112.
I made a composite lyric; music is based on that provided in Slave Songs... (continua)
Berea Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Ensemble
My Father, How Long? / We’ll Soon Be Free.
Two versions of the same song. First in TW Higginson* Army Life In A Black Regiment (pg. 169 XXXIV)
[For singing this “the negroes had been put in jail in Georgetown, S.C., at the outbreak of the Rebellion. ‘We’ll soon be free’ was too dangerous an assertion, and though the chant was an old one, it was no doubt sung with redoubled emphasis during the new events. ‘De Lord will call us home’ was evidently thought to be a symbolical verse; for, as a little drummer boy explained it to me, showing all his white teeth as he sat in the moonlight by the door of my tent, ‘Dey tink de Lord mean for say de Yankees.’”——T.W.H.]
second version, Slaves Songs of the United States, section IV., #112.
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My father, how long,
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inviata da Pluck 8/4/2024 - 21:31
Roll, Jordan, Roll
anonimo
Roll, Jordan, Roll ( Traditional )
The Golden Gate Quartet - 1960
The Golden Gate Quartet - 1960
Well, now roll Jordan, roll
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inviata da Pluck 28/3/2024 - 18:59
Ameriican Requiem
(2024)
Album: Cowboy Carter
L'album è la seconda parte di una trilogia inaugurata con Renaissance del 2022. In questo album Beyoncé coraggiosamente si arrischia in un’operazione di riappropriazione culturale del country, tradizionalmente visto come musica bianca e di stampo conservatore.
Ma Beyoncé è comunque una donna del sud degli Stati Uniti e il country fa parte delle sue radici quanto la musica nera, e in questo album riesce a mettere insieme le due cose in maniera a volte sorprendente.
La traccia di apertura Ameriican Requiem (la doppia i è un riferimento all'atto II della trilogia) è un vero proprio requiem per il sogno americano, per tutte le idee di libertà e di uguaglianza tradite nel corso della storia, il funerale di una società libera dall'odio e dalla discriminazione ancora molto lontana dal realizzarsi.
L'album continua con Blackbiird (anche qui con la doppia i), cover della canzone scritta da Paul McCartney per i Beatles e dedicata a tutte le donne nere che lottano per liberarsi.
Album: Cowboy Carter
L'album è la seconda parte di una trilogia inaugurata con Renaissance del 2022. In questo album Beyoncé coraggiosamente si arrischia in un’operazione di riappropriazione culturale del country, tradizionalmente visto come musica bianca e di stampo conservatore.
Ma Beyoncé è comunque una donna del sud degli Stati Uniti e il country fa parte delle sue radici quanto la musica nera, e in questo album riesce a mettere insieme le due cose in maniera a volte sorprendente.
La traccia di apertura Ameriican Requiem (la doppia i è un riferimento all'atto II della trilogia) è un vero proprio requiem per il sogno americano, per tutte le idee di libertà e di uguaglianza tradite nel corso della storia, il funerale di una società libera dall'odio e dalla discriminazione ancora molto lontana dal realizzarsi.
L'album continua con Blackbiird (anche qui con la doppia i), cover della canzone scritta da Paul McCartney per i Beatles e dedicata a tutte le donne nere che lottano per liberarsi.
Nothin' really ends
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inviata da Lorenzo Masetti 1/4/2024 - 23:17
Pick a Bale of Cotton
anonimo
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long (Traditional)
Testo e nota da Azizi Powell.
This comedic song is about a preacher (minister) visiting people on Sunday (when it was common to have fried chicken for dinner.) The "pickin cotton all day long" chorus doesn't have anything to do with the preacher and chicken verses.
Traccia audio e nota da :
Prison Worksongs Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary,Angola,La,by Dr. Harry Oster
ARHOOLIE CD 448
© &® 1959 & 1997 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long sung by two sisters, Creola & Ceola Scott who were very religious and not particularly fond of this type of secular material.. ( Dr. Harry Oster 1959 )
This comedic song is about a preacher (minister) visiting people on Sunday (when it was common to have fried chicken for dinner.) The "pickin cotton all day long" chorus doesn't have anything to do with the preacher and chicken verses.
Traccia audio e nota da :
Prison Worksongs Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary,Angola,La,by Dr. Harry Oster
ARHOOLIE CD 448
© &® 1959 & 1997 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc
Pickin' Cotton All Day Long sung by two sisters, Creola & Ceola Scott who were very religious and not particularly fond of this type of secular material.. ( Dr. Harry Oster 1959 )
Pickin’ cotton ,cotton pickin’ all day long,
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inviata da Pluck 27/3/2024 - 12:22
'Cause I'm a Nigger
anonimo
da
Lawrence Gellert, “Negro Songs of Protest”
Published by the American Music League - New York - 1936
Lawrence Gellert, “Negro Songs of Protest”
Published by the American Music League - New York - 1936
You take mah labor
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inviata da Pluck 26/2/2024 - 17:15
Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta
anonimo
Carlos.
Joaquin era mexicano, quien sino iba a pelear sino es por su tierra. Los chilenos son de apropiarse de cosas que no les pertenecen. Que verguenza Neruda!
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Carlos
Joaquin Murrieta era un messicano, che non avrebbe combattuto se non per la sua terra. Ai cileni piace appropriarsi di cose che non gli appartengono. Che peccato Neruda!
Joaquin era mexicano, quien sino iba a pelear sino es por su tierra. Los chilenos son de apropiarse de cosas que no les pertenecen. Que verguenza Neruda!
*
Carlos
Joaquin Murrieta era un messicano, che non avrebbe combattuto se non per la sua terra. Ai cileni piace appropriarsi di cose che non gli appartengono. Che peccato Neruda!
24/2/2024 - 11:37
Prison Song
(1976)
Scritta da Tommy Butler (solo un omonimo del bassista dei Big Country) e interpretata da Carlton Williams per un musical intitolato "Selma" e dedicato alla famosa marcia di Selma e a Martin Luther King.
Scritta da Tommy Butler (solo un omonimo del bassista dei Big Country) e interpretata da Carlton Williams per un musical intitolato "Selma" e dedicato alla famosa marcia di Selma e a Martin Luther King.
Cold chills, prison cells
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28/1/2024 - 15:57
Woman Of The Ghetto
Pochi giorni fa se ne è andata anche la grande Marlena Shaw, autrice e interprete di canzoni bellissime come questa.
DONNA DEL GHETTO
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25/1/2024 - 22:05
We March
(1995)
Scritta da Prince con Nona Gaye (figlia di Marvin Gaye)
Sembra che Prince sperasse che la canzone diventasse una specie di inno non ufficiale della Million Man March
Scritta da Prince con Nona Gaye (figlia di Marvin Gaye)
Sembra che Prince sperasse che la canzone diventasse una specie di inno non ufficiale della Million Man March
(Uno para todos, y todos para uno)
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21/1/2024 - 00:20
Prayer Song
Album: Room 25 (2018)
Featuring Adam Ness
One of the more socially conscious tunes on the album is “Prayer Song,” which features vocals from Adam Ness. The lyrics deftly explore subjects, such as gun violence, police brutality, gentrification, toxic masculinity, and systemic racism.
The lyrics include: “I set my cell phone on the dash, could’ve sworn it’s a gun / I ain’t seen a toddler in the back after firing seven shots.”
Those words allude to incidents, where a black person is shot because a police officer apparently mistakes a cell phone for a gun.
It is also a reference to the June 7, 2016 murder of Philando Castile. He was shot by a police officer seven times while his 4-year-old daughter was sitting in the backseat.
The song additionally explores how America never truly removed the shackles of past racial oppression (“A free man in the land of the noose,” “Darkness lingers in... (continua)
Featuring Adam Ness
One of the more socially conscious tunes on the album is “Prayer Song,” which features vocals from Adam Ness. The lyrics deftly explore subjects, such as gun violence, police brutality, gentrification, toxic masculinity, and systemic racism.
The lyrics include: “I set my cell phone on the dash, could’ve sworn it’s a gun / I ain’t seen a toddler in the back after firing seven shots.”
Those words allude to incidents, where a black person is shot because a police officer apparently mistakes a cell phone for a gun.
It is also a reference to the June 7, 2016 murder of Philando Castile. He was shot by a police officer seven times while his 4-year-old daughter was sitting in the backseat.
The song additionally explores how America never truly removed the shackles of past racial oppression (“A free man in the land of the noose,” “Darkness lingers in... (continua)
[Verse 1: Noname]
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15/1/2024 - 20:49
At the Welcome Table
anonimo
I'M GONNA SIT AT THE WELCOME TABLE
(civil rights version)
Testo e note da : I'm Gonna Sit At The Welcome Table (civil rights song)
This song is an adaptation of the African American Spiritual/Gospel with the same title.
(civil rights version)
Testo e note da : I'm Gonna Sit At The Welcome Table (civil rights song)
This song is an adaptation of the African American Spiritual/Gospel with the same title.
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table,*
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inviata da Pluck 6/1/2024 - 13:00
Eve Was Black
Album: The Returner (2023)
Eve was Black, haven't you heard?
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14/1/2024 - 18:41
Canzone per Angela Davis
1972
Questa grande umanità ha detto basta! - Canzoni di lotta di tutto il mondo
Questa grande umanità ha detto basta! - Canzoni di lotta di tutto il mondo
Fuori, fuori Angela Davis
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inviata da Alberto Scotti 13/1/2024 - 01:57
Estranged Fruit
(2023)
Featuring NOFX
Fishbone EP
This track is off the influential ska band’s recently self-titled EP, which was produced by NOFX’s Fat Mike. Referring to Billie Holiday’s 1939 classic anti-lynching standard “Strange Fruit“, the tune effectively merges past histories with current realities.
Questo brano fa parte del recente EP omonimo della influente band ska, prodotto da Fat Mike dei NOFX. Con un riferimento al classico contro i linciaggi del 1939 di Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit", il pezzo fonde efficacemente storie passate con realtà attuali.
50 Best Protest Songs of 2023
Featuring NOFX
Fishbone EP
This track is off the influential ska band’s recently self-titled EP, which was produced by NOFX’s Fat Mike. Referring to Billie Holiday’s 1939 classic anti-lynching standard “Strange Fruit“, the tune effectively merges past histories with current realities.
Questo brano fa parte del recente EP omonimo della influente band ska, prodotto da Fat Mike dei NOFX. Con un riferimento al classico contro i linciaggi del 1939 di Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit", il pezzo fonde efficacemente storie passate con realtà attuali.
50 Best Protest Songs of 2023
The poplar trees are now populous
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13/1/2024 - 00:20
Fling out the Anti-Slavery Flag
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 184 - p. 22
FLING OUT THE ANTI-SLAVERY FLAG
AIR : Auld Lang Syne
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 184 - p. 22
FLING OUT THE ANTI-SLAVERY FLAG
AIR : Auld Lang Syne
Fling out the Anti-slavery flag
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inviata da Pluck 4/1/2024 - 18:43
Rescue the Slave
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848
p. 28,29
RESCUE THE SLAVE!
AIR — The Troubadour
This song was composed while George Latimer, the fugitive slave,was confined in Leverett Street Jail, expecting to be carried back to Virginia by James B. Gray, his claimant.
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848
p. 28,29
RESCUE THE SLAVE!
AIR — The Troubadour
This song was composed while George Latimer, the fugitive slave,was confined in Leverett Street Jail, expecting to be carried back to Virginia by James B. Gray, his claimant.
Sadly the fugitive weeps in his cell,
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inviata da Pluck 20/12/2023 - 12:58
I'm Crying
[2016]
Scritta da Lucinda Williams.
Arrangiamento musicale del compositore Nicholas Britell.
Nella colonna sonora del film di Gary Ross "Free State of Jones" (2016), con Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali.
Newton Knight (1829-1922), contadino, soldato sudista, disertore, comandante di un nutrito gruppo armato di renitenti, schiavi fuggiaschi e defezionisti che nel Mississippi profondo, nella contea di Jones, combattè contro le razzie e le violenze dell'esercito confederato, dei proprietari terrieri e dei bianchi razzisti. Anche dopo la fine della guerra Newton Knight, nominato sceriffo federale, comandò un reggimento di soldati afroamericani che aveva il compito di fermare le violenze dei gruppi paramilitari bianchi, precursori del Ku Klux Klan. Sposò in seconde nozze Rachel, una ex schiava da cui ebbe diversi figli. Morì nel 1922 e, nonostante in Mississippi allora la segregazione vietasse i cimiteri misti, fu sepolto accanto a sua moglie su una collina della contea di Jones che domina la loro fattoria.
Scritta da Lucinda Williams.
Arrangiamento musicale del compositore Nicholas Britell.
Nella colonna sonora del film di Gary Ross "Free State of Jones" (2016), con Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali.
Newton Knight (1829-1922), contadino, soldato sudista, disertore, comandante di un nutrito gruppo armato di renitenti, schiavi fuggiaschi e defezionisti che nel Mississippi profondo, nella contea di Jones, combattè contro le razzie e le violenze dell'esercito confederato, dei proprietari terrieri e dei bianchi razzisti. Anche dopo la fine della guerra Newton Knight, nominato sceriffo federale, comandò un reggimento di soldati afroamericani che aveva il compito di fermare le violenze dei gruppi paramilitari bianchi, precursori del Ku Klux Klan. Sposò in seconde nozze Rachel, una ex schiava da cui ebbe diversi figli. Morì nel 1922 e, nonostante in Mississippi allora la segregazione vietasse i cimiteri misti, fu sepolto accanto a sua moglie su una collina della contea di Jones che domina la loro fattoria.
I'm crying for the mother who lost her only son
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14/12/2023 - 18:29
Walking Boss
Walking Boss – Doc Watson – 2004
Walkin' boss
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inviata da Pluck 9/12/2023 - 09:23
The Slave-Holder's Address To The North Star
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 p. 29
THE SLAVE-HOLDER'S ADDRESS TO THE NORTH STAR
by John Pierpont ( 1785 – 1866 )
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 p. 29
THE SLAVE-HOLDER'S ADDRESS TO THE NORTH STAR
by John Pierpont ( 1785 – 1866 )
Star of the North! Thou art not bigger
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inviata da Pluck 9/12/2023 - 08:51
There's a Good Time Coming
J. Hutchinson Jr.
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 41- 42
THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING - J. Hutchinson Jr.
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 41- 42
THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING - J. Hutchinson Jr.
There's a good time coming boys,
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inviata da Pluck 21/11/2023 - 08:14
[Ain't Gonna Let Nobody] Turn Me Around
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"Ain`t gonna let that Henry Kissinger turn me around..."
Piccino, è morto di lattime! *
* Espressione elbana: "per un rigurgito di latte"
Piccino, è morto di lattime! *
* Espressione elbana: "per un rigurgito di latte"
L'Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo 30/11/2023 - 10:43
Song of the Coffle Gang
anonimo
Trascrizione di Azizi Powell del testo cantato da Mike Seeger ( 1933 – 2009 ) “Stolen Soul from Africa “ , titolo alternativo di “Song of the Coffle Gang” , pubblicato da Library of Congress nel 2007 vedi :
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
We are stolen souls from Africa
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inviata da Pluck 27/11/2023 - 22:16
Build a House
2022
Build a House
with Yo-Yo Ma and Francesco Turrisi
African Americans were forcibly enslaved and brought to this land to build houses they were not allowed to live in, tend to families who were not their own, and sow the seeds that fed a nation - while being left with only scraps themselves. They were not expected to thrive. But they did.
In her picture book debut from Candlewick Press, MacArthur Fellowship recipient and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens depicts a family’s resilience in the face of violence and sorrow. They are determined not just to survive, but also to tell their own story.
Based on the song “Build A House,” composed for the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth and performed with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Giddens’s stirring text is paired with moving illustrations by Monica Mikai. Build a House confronts the history of slavery in America by telling... (continua)
Build a House
with Yo-Yo Ma and Francesco Turrisi
African Americans were forcibly enslaved and brought to this land to build houses they were not allowed to live in, tend to families who were not their own, and sow the seeds that fed a nation - while being left with only scraps themselves. They were not expected to thrive. But they did.
In her picture book debut from Candlewick Press, MacArthur Fellowship recipient and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens depicts a family’s resilience in the face of violence and sorrow. They are determined not just to survive, but also to tell their own story.
Based on the song “Build A House,” composed for the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth and performed with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Giddens’s stirring text is paired with moving illustrations by Monica Mikai. Build a House confronts the history of slavery in America by telling... (continua)
You brought me here to build your house, build your house, build your house (continua)
inviata da Dq82 25/11/2023 - 17:11
Song of the Coffle Gang
anonimo
Notes.
Said to be written by a Slave.
This song is said to be sung by Slaves, as they are chained in gangs,
when parting from friends for the far off South—children taken from
parents, husbands from wives, and brothers from sisters.
Lyrics | Shackles, Chains and Forgotten Souls
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https://shacklesandchains.wordpress.com › ...
Said to be written by a Slave.
This song is said to be sung by Slaves, as they are chained in gangs,
when parting from friends for the far off South—children taken from
parents, husbands from wives, and brothers from sisters.
Lyrics | Shackles, Chains and Forgotten Souls
WordPress.com
https://shacklesandchains.wordpress.com › ...
Pluck 19/11/2023 - 18:58
Oft, In The Chilly Night
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 43,44
OFT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT
by John Pierpont ( 1785 - 1866 )
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 43,44
OFT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT
by John Pierpont ( 1785 - 1866 )
Oft in the chilly night,
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inviata da Pluck 15/11/2023 - 21:47
Come Join the Abolitionists
anonimo
The Anti-Slavery Harp
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 40,41
COME JOIN THE ABOLITIONISTS ( Traditional )
AIR — When I can read my title clear
Compiled by William W. Brown
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848 pag. 40,41
COME JOIN THE ABOLITIONISTS ( Traditional )
AIR — When I can read my title clear
Come join the Abolitionists,
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inviata da Pluck 14/11/2023 - 13:27
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