Good lord, Robbie, did I post that? I have NO memory of it!

I did see the programme and thought it was interesting as far as it went, but I did feel that it should have explored, at least in passing, what the black participants 'brought to the table'. I also could be slightly critical about the fact that they slipped in just a snippet of Sacred Harp in the background at one point - I'm not sure if it wasn't a clip from Cold Mountain. Some researcher wasn't paying attention; that wasn't the style of music under discussion, neither was it sung by the community under discussion. Having read Beverly Bush Patterson's "Sound of the Dove", I think there could be an equally interesting programme linking the Sacred Harp / Fasola singing tradition with early Welsh Baptists.

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