Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings: 1947-1959
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0981734294 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A MOVING TESTAMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT. "In the pen itself, we saw that the songs, quite literally, kept the men alive and normal." Alan Lomax.This is another very fine release (along with "Lead Kindly Light") from the Dust To Digital label. In a nutshell--everything is very nicely done--the beautiful, thick, die-cut slipcase, the thick boards. So moving The pictures and the music are so moving. "Five Stars" according to franco zanetti. very good
--Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, November 2014 . Parchman Farm, and this set presents a sober digest of his findings: work songs, their rhythms often marked by the chop of timber; rough gems like John Dudley s Cool Drink of Water Blues, as much of a respite as it sounds; striking photographs, published for the first time; insightful essays, from then and now, ringing sternly with empathy. The liner notes are taken from previous issues of the material, though nearly a dozen of the 44 tracks have never been released before. The folklorist Alan Lomax paid several visits to the Mississippi State Penitentiary, a.k.a. It may be hard to enjoy this music without suppressing parts of your consciousness, but its pow
Theirs was music, as Lomax wrote, that "testified to the love of truth and beauty which is a universal human trait." Their songs participated in two distinct musical traditions: free world (the blues, hollers, spirituals and other songs they sang outside and, when the situation permitted, sang inside as well) and the work songs, which were specific to the prison situation.A chilling account of how slavery persisted well into the 20th century in the institutionalized form of the chain gang, Parchman Farm includes two CDs with 44 of Lomax's remastered audio recordings and a book of more than 70 of Lomax's photographs, many published here for the first time.. Armed with a reel-to-r