Sacred Harp Attention!
Dec. 23rd, 2003 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Sacred Harp article in the New York Times (requires registration)
"In early reviews of the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack — which also includes performances by Alison Krauss and the White Stripes' Jack White — several music writers have called the Sacred Harp singers a revelation. Anyone who has ever listened to recordings of such singing (the musicologist Alan Lomax has made several well-regarded field recordings) will know why."
I've sung at Liberty Baptist in Henegar. This is unique music, very lovely, though I've never heard a recording that really captures it. It's worth listening to, though, or even better, finding a local singing and hearing it in person.
Sacred Harp article in the New York Times (requires registration)
"In early reviews of the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack — which also includes performances by Alison Krauss and the White Stripes' Jack White — several music writers have called the Sacred Harp singers a revelation. Anyone who has ever listened to recordings of such singing (the musicologist Alan Lomax has made several well-regarded field recordings) will know why."
I've sung at Liberty Baptist in Henegar. This is unique music, very lovely, though I've never heard a recording that really captures it. It's worth listening to, though, or even better, finding a local singing and hearing it in person.
