30 January, 2007
These posts were moved here from downthread. ~SH~
Subject: RE: African-American Spirituals Permathread
From: IanC
Date: 02 Aug 02 - 10:56 AM
I've just made a significant update to the Basic Folk Library on my website *** here *** (this is the original for the Basic Folk Library permaThread).I've overhauled the Genres / Spirituals section though, without guidance from any of you, I've had to do my best to put together a set of books which seem to be reasonably useful. If anyone has any time to look and suggest one or two more, then please post suggestions to the PermaThread.
The possibility of changing the category name(s) had been suggested, but no-one seems too inclined to give me a lead on this. If you have any suggestions, could you post to the thread or PM me.
Thanks
Ian
30 January, 2007
Thanks, Ian. I haven't found a volunteer yet who is willing to opine on what is "Enough" or "Authoritative" on study resources. It isn't that we don't want to help-- I think we all consider ourselves students of the genre, not authorities. I appreciate your work, and I think your judgment on what to include is fine. ~SH~
Subject: RE: African-American Spirituals Permathread
From: Kaleea - PM
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 05:34 AM
Thanks for the songs! Some of my earliest memories are of singing Spirituals, & sometimes I can no longer remember the lyrics, or maybe even part of the melody. In my childhood, it just so happened that I was around people of lots of different flavors (as I put it when I was a little girl) who knew lots of different songs. I absorbed the songs as though I were a sponge. The Spirituals often expressed being different, or apart from other folks. I understood that as a child. I didn't know many folks who sang those Spirituals, & that also made me feel different, yet the Spirituals helped me feel better--that there was somebody out there somewhere who understood my feelings.
30 January, 2007
Kaleea-- Thanks so much for sharing that personal experience, and so eloquently! If you'd like to start a thread on that topic, I bet it would get some neat responses. ~SH~
Subject: RE: African-American Spirituals Permathread
From: GUEST,Will Greene - PM
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 10:32 AM
Only a thought and as I don't have many in day I will share this one. Would it not be simpler to compile a list of these threads and then PM them all to the Permathread co-ordinator instead of posting each one in the Music section?
WG
Will Greene-- it's a GREAT question! The answer is no, and for practical reasons-- I have editing ability in maintaining this one thread that allows me to open it up in HTML and move/copy posts from anywhere in this thread up into the index or other organizing sections. When I get an idea of how much material Azizi or others have to offer, I can see, all in one place, what I have to work with and what's the best way to organize it. If you can help in that effort, please email me (if you are not joining Mudcat) at motormice@hotmail.com.There's also the "hit by a bus" factor-- putting the info in PMs would mean no one but me could work on it, even if I got hit by a bus tomorrow and someone else picked up this project. It's a team effort-- I do some of the work but not all-- so it needs to be done in the open and not made a personal matter. ~SH~