Black American Religious Music from Southeast Georgia
Various Artists

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
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Sweet Jesus | Mount Zion A.M.E. Church (Waycross, Ga.) | 4:00 | |
102
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New Born Soul | Mount Zion A.M.E. Church (Waycross, Ga.) | 5:09 | |
103
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The Lord is Blessing Me Right Now | Bennett Union Baptist Church | 2:52 | |
104
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Jesus, I'm Thankful or I'm Thankful Lord | Kinsey West Singers | 4:49 | |
105
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Looking For a Home | Saint John Holiness Church | 3:05 | |
201
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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile | Ruth Mallard | 2:30 | |
202
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Balm in Gilead | Beverly Green | 1:19 | |
203
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Steal Away to Jesus | Kinsey West | 1:54 | |
204
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Precious Lord, Take My Hand | Kinsey West | 2:59 | |
205
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Something Within | Festus Moses | 2:19 | |
206
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My Father Watches Over Me | Harriett Seadrow | 2:34 | |
207
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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say | Beverly Green | 2:10 | |
208
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Come and Go with Me to My Father's House | Gospel Harmonettes (Birmingham, Ala.) | 3:36 |