Sweet Honey in the Rock

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Sweet Honey in the Rock
Sweet Honey in the Rock, en Ravinia
Seat: United StatesUnited States Washington, DC
Founding: 1973
Genus: Women's choir
Founder: Bernice Johnson Reagon
Voices : 6 ( SA )
Website : http://www.sweethoney.com/

Sweet Honey in the Rock is an African-American female a cappella vocal ensemble. The group was founded in 1973 by Bernice Johnson Reagon (* 1942) together with Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson and Mie in Washington, DC from members of the DC Black Repertory Theater Company. The line-up of the choir has changed several times over the years.

The name is derived from the 81st Psalm ( Ps 81.17  EU ). The group follows the Afro-American musical tradition. The repertoire is fed by black church music , the choirs of the civil rights movement and songs of the struggle for universal justice. Stylistically, it includes blues , spirituals , traditional gospel anthems , rap , reggae , African chants , hip-hop , old lullabies and jazz improvisations . Occasionally the singers accompany each other with percussion instruments .

The group goes on concert tours in the US and worldwide and has released several albums.

Recordings

  • Sweet Honey In The Rock , LP, Flying Fish 1976.
  • B'Lieve I'll Run On ... See What the End's Gonna B , LP, Redwood Records, 1978.
  • Good News , LP, Flying Fish, 1981.
  • We All ... Everyone of Us , LP, Flying Fish, 1983.
  • The Other Side , Flying Fish, CD, 1985.
  • Feel Something Drawing Me On , CD, Flying Fish, 1985.
  • Live at Carnegie Hall , CD, Flying Fish, 1988.
  • Breaths , CD, 1988.
  • All for Freedom , CD, Music for Little People, 1989.
  • Breaths-Best of Sweet Honey In The Rock , Cooking Vinyl , 1989.
  • In This Land , CD, EarthBeat! Music, 1992.
  • Still on the Journey , CD, EarthBeat! Music, 1993.
  • I Got Shoes , CD, Music for Little People, 1994.
  • Sacred Ground , CD, EarthBeat! Music, 1995.
  • Selections (1976-1988) , 2 CDs, Rounder Records, 1997.
  • ... Twenty five ... , enhanced CD, Rykodisc, 1998.
  • Still The Same Me , CD, 2000.
  • Alive in Australia , CD, 2003.
  • The Women Gather , CD, 2003.
  • Endings and Beginnings , CD, 2004.
  • Raise Your Voice , CD, 2005.

literature

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon: We Who Believe In Freedom: Sweet Honey In The Rock: Still on the Journey . Anchor Books, 1993

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