| Various Artists / Awake, My Soul / Teach Me To Sing |
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| Album: | Awake, My Soul / Teach Me To Sing | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 12/2008 | |
| Label: | Awake Productions | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-01-11 | Pull Date: | 2009-03-15 |
| Week Ending: | 15 Feb | 8 Feb | 1 Feb | 25 Jan | 18 Jan |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 09, 2019: | Traditions Panting For Heavan, 384, Columbus, 67, The Christian's Hope, 134, Weeping Pilgrim, 417 | 4. | Feb 11, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw Jordan, 66 | |
| 2. | Jul 10, 2010: | Music Casserole Consecration, 448t | 5. | Feb 10, 2009: | I once was Canadian Windham, 386 | |
| 3. | Jun 16, 2009: | I once was Canadian (African + Old-Timey Special) New Britain, 45t | 6. | Feb 07, 2009: | Music Casserole Consecration, 448t, Consecration, 448t |
| Album Review |
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| canuck Reviewed 2009-01-26 | ||
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Traditional Southern choral folk music (disc 1) and modern covers of those songs (disc 2). Disc 1 is field recordings from 2004-2006 originally as a soundtrack for a documentary about Sacred Harp. Sacred Harp is shape note singing dating back to the mid-19th century and earlier. It employs a lot of open harmonies (5ths, octaves) that gives it a haunting sort of quality. It can be disorienting. Disc 2 is a set of modern versions of songs from Sacred Harp; the style ranges widely, but are mostly under a broad 'folk' umbrella. Good stuff, especially disc 1. -Adrian My picks: Disc 1: 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 22, 23 Disc 2: 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17 Disc 1: Awake, My Soul: modern field recordings 1. very slow. regal. 2. med-slow. nice fugal quality to it. 3. med-fast. fugal. 4. med-slow. pretty straight-ahead and measured 5. mid tempo. fugal. 6. med-fast. 7. med-slow. 8. slow. 9. med-slow. 10. med-fast. martial, ominous and dark. 11. mid tempo. version of Amazing Grace. beautiful. 12. med-fast. 13. med-slow. fugal. 14. med-fast. 15. mid tempo. nice harmonic progression. 16. mid tempo. has some strings of fast moving notes. 17. fast. fugal. 18. med-slow. grand. 19. slow. 20. med-fast. 21. med-slow. pretty and ominous 22. slow. grand. 23. med-slow. very open--sounds huge 24. med-fast. Disc 2: Help Me to Sing: modern versions 1. slow. f (later +m) vocals over drone. sort of celtic-influenced 2. rollicking indie folk. 3. med-slow. rhodes piano and guitar pop. dark chorus. 4. slow. f vox + harmonies over tender acoustic folk 5. med-slow. soft, lilting but bluegrassy version. 6. countryish. double main vocals over violin, then fuller band later. 7. folky, songwriter. acoustic guitar, m vox, light violin. 8. bluesey, strummed banjo. ends, strangely, with throat singing 9. f singer-songwriter take with glockenspiel. slow. 10. rollicking rock version. 11. punky guitars + piano. 12. slow. dark. 13. odd, synthy upbeat pop. 14. starts with monologue. m vox + double stop fiddle. 15. fingerpicked guitar + voice. 16. reverby, choral. dark, noisy. 17. m vox + double stop violin 18. a capella. choral. 19. slow. m vocals + harmonies over drones and rattling strings | ||
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