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Been in the Storm So Long: Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from John's Island, South Carolina

Various Artists
Been in the Storm So Long: Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from John's Island, South Carolina
An extraordinary sound portrait of one of the oldest African American communities in the western world. Collectors Guy and Candie Carawan's document of Johns Island, South Carolina reveals a community full of music and life. "Virtuoso performances of the song and shout congregational traditional singing." — National Museum of American History

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Track Listing

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Moving Star Hall Singers
02:07
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102
Moving Star Hall Singers and Benjamin Bligen
03:01
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103
Moving Star Hall Singers and Janie Hunter
02:16
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104
Moving Star Hall singers and James Mackey
02:08
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105
Benjamin Bligen
02:37
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106
Laura Rivers
02:45
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107
Congregation in Moving Star Hall
01:29
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108
Esau Jenkins
03:37
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109
Bertha Smith and Moving Star Hall Singers
06:02
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110
Alice Wine
02:00
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111
James Mackey
03:05
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112
Mary Pinckney
05:55
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Janie Hunter
01:35
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Janie Hunter
02:30
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115
Ruth Bligen
01:47
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116
Janie Hunter
02:14
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117
Janie Hunter
03:04
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118
Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter, Moving Star Hall Singers
02:51
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119
Moving Star Hall Singers and Benjamin Bligen
01:45
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120
Janie Hunter and Moving Star Hall Singers
01:12
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121
Janie Hunter
01:03
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122
Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney
01:22
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Janie Hunter and children, grandchildren
01:04
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124
Janie Hunter and children, grandchildren
01:19
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125
Janie Hunter
02:11
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126
Janie Hunter
01:21
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127
Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter
06:48
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Janie Hunter
06:47