Black American Religious Music from Southeast Georgia

Comprised of ensemble and solo music recorded at church choir performances, during rehearsals, and at singers' homes, this album compiled by music researcher Dr. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje presents the listener with spiritually driven music gathered in several rural towns in southeast Georgia. Songs exhibit influences from traditional African and slave music, presenting deeper lyrical meanings about the role of Africans in America throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Many songs feature audience involvement and vocal improvisations performed by a variety of age groups.

Liner notes include a brief history of black religious music in America, as well as complete song texts.

Track Listing

101	Sweet Jesus	Mount Zion A.M.E. Church (Waycross, Ga.)	04:00
102	New Born Soul	Mount Zion A.M.E. Church (Waycross, Ga.)	05:09
103	The Lord Is Blessing Me Right Now	Bennett Union Baptist Church	02:52
104	Jesus, I'm Thankful (I'm Thankful, Lord)	Kinsey West Singers	04:49
105	Looking for a Home	Saint John Holiness Church	03:05
201	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile	Ruth Mallard	02:30
202	Balm in Gilead	Beverly Green	01:19
203	Steal Away to Jesus	Kinsey West	01:54
204	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Kinsey West	02:59
205	Something Within	Festus Moses	02:19
206	My Father Watches over Me	Harriett Seadrow	02:34
207	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say	Beverly Green	02:10
208	Come and Go with Me to My Father's House	Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.)	03:36