Music from the South, Vol. 8: Young Songsters
(Folkways Records, 1956), 39 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
Recorded in 1954, this album presents a younger generation of gospel singers from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. These performances represent a musical style based in the traditions heard on Volumes 6 and 7 of this series, but with clear movement toward a more polished urban gospel sound.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 39 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Traditional Gospel
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1956
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Sacred Music, Folk Music, General Perspectives, Música Sacra, Música Sagrada, Música Folk, Perspectivas Gerais, Perspectivas Generales, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Música Sacra, Música Sagrada, Música Folk, Perspectivas Gerais, Perspectivas Generales