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Morrison's self-released album The Brown Girl and Other Folk Songs was produced by the artist herself, with performances and additional mixing by Nick Duffy. [3] Her album The Sorrow Songs (2022), produced by Eliza Carthy, takes a series of stories from Black British history and situates them in the tradition of British folk music. [4]
Sorrow songs expressed the suffering and unjust treatment of enslaved African Americans during the period of slavery in the United States (1619–1865). The melodies and the lyrics conveyed sadness, and the words were "stunningly direct" about what it is to be enslaved. W. E. B. Du Bois coined the name. [1]
Angeline Morrison's 2022 album The Sorrow Songs (Folk Songs of Black British Experience) [32] features a song about the twins, "The Flames They Do Grow High". The story of the twins was the subject of a 2023 BBC podcast June: Voice of a Silent Twin , which featured an extensive interview with June Gibbons, recounting the twins' childhood ...
In 2016 he formed alt-folk duo We Are Muffy, with singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison. Their debut album 'The Charcoal Pool' was released in 2018 on Tapete Records. [ 3 ] Each song on the album details a memory of growing up in Birmingham.
The song was released on the extended play Negro Spirituals Vol. 1 (HMV 7EGN 27), and the song was arranged by Harry Douglas. American contralto Marian Anderson had her first successful recording with a version of the song on the Victor label in 1925. [7] Singer Lena Horne recorded a version of the song in 1946. [8]
Jon Wilks (born 4 January 1977) is an English writer, folk singer, and guitarist, known for his work in the traditional folk music scene. [1] He has gained recognition for his authentic interpretations of traditional English folk songs, as well as his own original compositions.
"Sorrow" is a song first recorded by the McCoys in 1965 and released as the B-side to their cover of "Fever". It became a big hit in the United Kingdom in a version by the Merseys, reaching number 4 on the UK chart on 28 April 1966. [1] A version by David Bowie charted worldwide in 1973.
Sheet music version. Massa's in De Cold Ground (1852) is a song by Stephen Foster. Abolitionist Joshua McCarter Simpson rewrote the lyrics and retitled the song "To the White People of America". The song was included in the book 55 Songs and Choruses for Community Singing, published in 1917.