Description
Title: On My Journey
Artist: Paul Robeson
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093074017821
Genre: Vocal
Release Date: 2007-08-28
Number of Discs: 1
An American giant of 20th-century music, Paul Robeson stood tall against racism, McCarthyism and blacklisting to proclaim the majesty of African-American culture. Recorded on his own Othello label in the 1950s, Robeson”s voice rings out with traditional spirituals and folk melodies from around the globe inspiring international audiences to embrace him as the people”s bard of faith, hope and freedom. ON MY JOURNEY inaugurates the Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy series, co-presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 32 tracks, over 74 minutes of music, 36 page booklet with extensive notes.
Tracks:
1.1 On My Journey: Mount Zion
1.2 Scandalize My Name
1.3 Didn”t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
1.4 Hassidic Chant: Kaddish
1.5 We Are Climbing Jacob”s Ladder
1.6 Songs My Mother Taught Me
1.7 The Minstrel Boys
1.8 The Orphan
1.9 Swing Low, Sweeth Chariot
1.10 Vo Azoi Lebt Der Keyser
1.11 Witness
1.12 Hammer Song
1.13 Water Me from the Lime Rock
1.14 Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees
1.15 Amazing Grace
1.16 Shlof, Mein Kind
1.17 Skye Boat Song
1.18 Wanderer
1.19 I”m Gonna Let It Shine
1.20 Stand Still Jordan
1.21 Takin” Names
1.22 Dans Le Printemps de Mes Annees
1.23 Passing By
1.24 Mistress Mine
1.25 Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
1.26 Li”l Gal
1.27 Kevin Barry
1.28 Zot Nit Keynmaol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto)
1.29 Joe Hill
1.30 Zvornost
1.31 Bear the Burden in the Heat of the Day
1.32 No More Auction Block for Me
