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MP3 Radha Botofasina - The Spirituals
14 MP3 Songs in this album (52:59) !
Related styles: SPIRITUAL: Spirituals, SPIRITUAL: Traditional Gospel
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"Radha Botofasina at once recalls the ancestors of the
singing spirit of Bessie Smith and all the jazz and gospel greats who have laid the groundwork for negro spirituals in American Music. Her renditions of such classics as "Come Here Lord","Motherless Child" and "Trouble of the World," give claim to the painful beauty in these songs.
But Botofasina puts her own stamp on the 14-track
collection. While you can easily hear the texture and richness of her voice,there''s also perhaps a subconscious funk-inspired lilt when she sings "Trouble of the World."
This all evokes https://www.tradebit.comofasina''s courage as a performer, not to rewrite these standards of ancestry andstruggle, but to usher them into a new millennium."
_–Camilo Smith
John Lehman is one of Los Angeles best kept secrets. He is a master pianist that specializes in the sacred music of the African American Diaspora. His sensitive rhythmic arrangements lift every song on this CD to World Class standards.
Some of the musicians participating in this project are: Charles Neville on Motherless Child, A. Butto Pattanaik on Radha Ramana, Surya Botofasina on Swing low bass, SaiLa Reyes violinist on Here''s One and Deep River. Ramsey on organ and T. Reyes, P. Henderson, Mirabai and V. Pierce, Ranjani Reyes on background vocals. It is a wonderful tribute to the ancestors who originated this art form, born out of sorrow and fashioned it into vocal,artful solace.
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