Providing a 75-minute journey into the wondrously vivid and idiosyncratic music known as sacred harp (or shape-note) singing, Awake, My Soul tells the story of what may be America’s oldest musical ...
Sacred Harp singing-- essentially American spiritual music favoring populism rather than exceptionalism-- continues to take small steps away from the hollow square thanks to excellent work like the ...
Awake, My Soul is the firstdocumentary film to explore the centuries-old tradition of shape note (or Sacred Harp) singing, a stunning, four-note gospel practice rooted in the American South. The ...
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