{"product_id":"the-new-negro-spirituals-songbook","title":"The New Negro Spirituals Songbook","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 7\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 3\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are taking part in a legacy that stretches back to the beginning of music. Inspiration for these arrangements came from a lifetime of exposure to the Negro Spiritual. Over decades of hearing and singing this music, I struggled to reconcile the profundity of the art form with the simplicity of the arrangements available. It was a dissonance that I first noticed as a kid, when I joined my first professional chorus. The Lucy Kinchen Chorale, based out of Oakland CA, championed the spiritual in concert, and their arrangements were incredibly lush and powerful. But any time I would hear Spirituals elsewhere as solo pieces, they sounded comparatively square and simple. That struck me as strange. Even as a teenager, I realized that the terrible circumstances endured by our enslaved ancestors demand a greater sense of reverence for the art form that grew through them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd so, I started creating my own arrangements of the songs that I like best, based on the soundscapes that I was hearing in my head. I wanted these arrangements to match the grand scale of emotion that the songs suggest, and their history demands. After twenty-plus years of writing and tweaking, I had collected enough material to create an entire one-man show. This songbook was the next natural step in that journey. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSongs in this collection:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLet Us Break Bread Together \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeep River \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGive Me Jesus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGo Down, Moses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Want Jesus to Walk With Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOh, Freedom!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWade in the Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWere You There When They Crucified My Lord?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Songburd Music","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":56947963363488,"sku":"SC.500043","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":56947963396256,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/5003\/0752\/files\/TheNewNegroSpiritualsSongbook-Thumbnail.jpg?v=1778513705","url":"https:\/\/songburdmusic.com\/products\/the-new-negro-spirituals-songbook","provider":"Songburd Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}