Category: ·Tunebooks, Tunebooklets, Other
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Join this free participatory historical singing event in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. RSVP top help them know how many to expect: http://bit.ly/3CW56Ka For the first half of this unique singing you will sing tunes from an 1892 Christian Harmony singing documented in the journals of Cherokee traditionalist, Will West Long. Then the group will…
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In the late 19th century, rural communities across the South and Midwest found joy and connection through the vibrant tradition of shape-note singing. Mitchell B. Garrett’s Horse and Buggy Days on Hatchet Creek: An Alabama Boyhood in the 1890s (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press) offers a rich firsthand account of how this musical practice…
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Over the weekend, the James River All Day Singing took place. A local singer, Mary P. Wright, had recently passed on and it was announced she wanted singers to have some of her books and recordings. There were only a few books, and many CDs and cassette tapes. I picked up two thin books, and…