Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales

produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015 (Folkways Records, 1967), 44 mins

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Field of Interest: World Music
Description: This recording was made over a period of two years to accompany a folklife study of the southern rural African-American community of Johns Island off the coast of South Carolina. Producer Guy Carawan documents the "rich oral tradition of folk expression" of Moving Star Hall, a central gathering place for community members to express themselves through sermon, song, testimony and prayer evocative of the oldest forms of African American folk life and slave culture. 17 songs, 43 minutes, with liner notes by Guy Carawan featuring excerpts from his book, Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life? : The People of Johns Island, South Carolina--Their Faces, Their Words, and Their Songs, song lyrics and pictures.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 44 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Spoken Word, Children's, Gospel
Label: Folkways Records
Producer: Guy Carawan, 1927-2015
Release Date: 1967
Subject: World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá