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CARPETBAG THEATER'S AMERICAN SANKOFA: REMEMBERING 33 YEARS OF MUSIC, THEATRE AND PEOPLE
This CD is rich review of musical pieces from productions of this wonderful community theater company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Carpetbag has been telling stories of people who have been historically silenced by racism, classism, sexism and ageism since 1969, and this CD provides a small taste of their inspiring work to encourage empowerment and cultural celebration.
CD. $15.00 |
COAL MINING WOMEN
A collection of songs from the Appalachian coalfields. Performed by Sarah Ogan Gunning, Florence Reece, Hazel Dickens, and others.
Produced by Guy and Candie Carawan, 1997.
Reissue from Rounder Records.
CD. $16.00 |
HOME BREW
From the Carawan Family
The latest recording from the Carawans, a family album which includes traditional songs from the Sea Islands, contemporary songs by Bruce Phillips, Los Lobos, John McCutcheon and others, instrumental dance tunes on banjo, hammer dulcimer and harmonica. Pete Seeger wrote: "the mix of old African-American traditions and European-American traditions works better on this CD than anywhere else I have ever heard, live or recorded."
Flying Fish, CD. $16.00 |
Justice Has No Borders
Baldemar Velasquez and Aguila Negra Band
Baldemar Velasquez, the founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, sings songs with the Aguila Negra Band about immigration, justice and farmwork in this wonderful musical collection. CD, 2006 $20.00
SING FOR FREEDOM
The story of the Civil Rights Movement through its songs. A freedom repertoire drawn from six documentaries made between 1960-1964 in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee.
Compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan.
Smithsonian/Folkway Records. CD $16.00 |
SONGS FOR THE MOUNTAINTOP: KENTUCKY MUSICIANS SING OUT AGAINST MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL
From Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
This CD is a collection of songs that speak out against mountaintop removal. "What's important about this collection is that the songs are written by people who have personal experience with living in the heart of the region where mountaintops are being removed...this music is not sung in the voice of some observer - these are the voices of the people who have been directly affected...past, present and future" (Kate Larkin). This CD supports the work of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.
2006. CD. $15.00 |
SPARKLES AND SHINES
By Guy Carawan
Featuring Guy on vocals, guitar, banjo, hammer dulcimer and tin whistle. Accompanied by the lovely voice of Candie Carawan. A compilation of fine folk music. 1974-1990.
Ponder Productions, 1998. CD $16.00 |
TREE OF LIFE/ARBOL DE LA VIDA
By Guy and Candie Carawan
A mixture of traditional and contemporary songs with guitar, banjo, fiddle, hammer dulcimer and harmonica.
CD. $16.00 |
VOICES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: BLACK AMERICAN FREEDOM SONGS 1960-1966
Historic freedom songs drawn from spirituals, gospel, rhythm and blues, chants, blues, and calypso music. Includes SNCC Freedom Singers and activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Betty Mae Fikes. 2-CD set and 40 page booklet includes annotation by Bernice Johnson Reagon and historic photos. Reissue from l980.
Compiled, produced and annotated by Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Smithsonian Folkways, 1997. Double CD. $23.00 |
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