Moving Star Hall Singers - Sea Island Folk Festival: Moving Star - Music & Performance - CD
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| Management number | 254250518 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$6.44 | Model Number | 254250518 | ||
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In 1964, after five winters living and working with the people of the Sea Islands of South Carolina (helping with adult literacy programs and recording singing traditions), musician and musicologist Guy Carawan organized a folk festival. He aspired to encourage a folk song revival and to provide support to performers such as the Moving Star Hall Singers, who kept the folkways of the Sea Islands alive in spite of poverty and a lack of interest from younger generations. In a rousing speech recorded at the festival, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax (1915-2002) refers to the islands as "one of the heartlands of American music." Vigorous performances of spirituals, Gullah folk tales, and improvised blues attest to his assessment. Liner notes include notes on the songs, photographs, and articles about the living folk heritage of the Sea Islands by Carawan and Lomax.
- Moving Star Hall Singers - Sea Island Folk Festival: Moving Star - Music & Performance - CD
- Music
- Folkways Records
- Folk Music
| Performer | Moving Star Hall Singers |
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| Music genre | Folk Music |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | Y |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Remember Me, Meet Me in Galilee, Ask the Watchman How Long - New Year's Eve Song, See God's Ark A-Moving, Talk About the Sea Island Folk Festival, Texas Folk Tale: Having a Hard Time, Texas Hide and Seek Song: All Hid, Ezekial in the Valley, Gullah Folk Tale: Barney McCabe, Somebody Stole My Henhouse Key, Blues, Mary Rolled the Stone Away, Moonlight in Glory, You Got to Move |
| Record label | Folkways Records |
| Songwriter | Moving Star Hall Singers |
| Character group | Moving Star Hall Singers |
| Track name | Remember Me, Meet Me In Galilee, New Year's Eve Song, Ask The Watchman How Long, See God's Ark A-Moving, Having A Hard Time, Texas Hide And Seek Song /All Hid, Talk About The Sea Island Folk Festival, Texas Folk Tale, Ezekial In The Valley, Barney Mccabe, Gullah Folk Tale, Somebody Stole My Henhouse Key, Blues, Mary Rolled The Stone Away, Moonlight In Glory, You Got To Move |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
| Is edited | N |
| Is enhanced | N |
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