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Jul 11, 2007 22:20

Hello everybody. I've had writer's block for awhile and didn't know what to write about here. No Japan stories. No Minneapolis stories. No Nashville stories. No hospital stories. No Texas stories. And definitely no music reviews. Instead we're going to talk about my trip to Hardeman Primitive Baptist Church this past weekend to participate in a ( Read more... )

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xantha July 12 2007, 02:32:58 UTC

wow, that sounds like quite the experience! very cool. :)

psyched_out July 13 2007, 05:41:46 UTC

Yeah, who ever thought Sunday church could be so interesting? What a concept!

georgemcfly July 12 2007, 02:54:38 UTC

That's pretty awesome! I first heard of Sacred Harp through Dust-to-Digital, too (on the fantastic "What Will You Be Doing Christmas Day?"). The Sacred Harp song on that is one of the best songs on the album. I definitely need to pick up their SH album.

psyched_out July 13 2007, 05:45:54 UTC

Yeah, it was actually that Christmas comp where I heard the singing for the first time. I can still show you the stretch of road where I had my epiphany while listening to it on the way to work...

bolshy_spice July 12 2007, 23:00:59 UTC

That sounds like an amazing experience! I loved the Sacred Harp Singers of Arley track on your Best of 2006 compilation. If I ever go travelling in the southern states of the USA, I will have to check this out for myself.

While I'm not really religious, I've inherited my Welsh mother's love of religious music (well, the kind that's good and usually old, not the rubbish Christian rock and happy-clappy stuff).

psyched_out July 13 2007, 05:52:52 UTC

Y'know, I remember Seb talking about a desire to go through the South to soak up remnants of the music culture, and I told him not to bother, that it had dried up and died decades ago. Now I feel a bit foolish, because here was this primitive music (even made by rural white people like my heritage) being made in my own backyard the whole time to my ignorance. Maybe it is a sign that there's more out there. It does make the idea of living in this absurd land a little more comforting.

I agree on the whole religious music thing - I guess it goes over so well since they approached singing as a deeply spiritual act, which is no different from a lot of my heroes. I'd say its almost mystical when you get down to it, but talk like that might get me excommunicated. Oh wait, I'm not a Catholic - phew...