Eight-Hand Sets and Holy Steps: Early Dance Tunes and Songs of Praise From North Carolina’s Black Tradition

Description

A sampler of African-American traditions that flourished in North Carolina from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, recorded in the late 1970s as part of the North Carolina Museum of History exhibit “The Black Presence in North Carolina.”

Side 1 presents the secular music of dance parties and social gatherings–dance tunes such as rags and reels, and ballads accompanied on fiddle, banjo, harmonica, guitar, and bones.

Side 2 contains spirituals and songs of praise performed by congregations, sacred singing groups, and individuals with guitar or harmonica accompaniment.

Twenty-four-page booklet with extensive notes by Glenn Hinson gives descriptions of the traditions, biographies of musicians, and photographs.

Special shipping charge:  $7.50

LP (12″ album, 33 rpm) Record Label Name: Longleaf Records Label’s Catalog Number: LL001RE
Folklife Section, North Carolina Arts Council/North Carolina Museum of History