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Songs of Our Native Daughters

by Our Native Daughters

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Standard weight black LP housed in a single-pocket jacket with photos by Terri Fensel and layout, art direction, and design by Visual Dialogue. This is a 140g Vinyl LP. [NOTE: the LP version omits "Better Git Yer Learnin'", but a digital download is included.]

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Black Myself 03:54
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Barbados 05:52
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Slave Driver 04:41
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Lavi Difisil 02:30
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'Songs of Our Native Daughters' gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on 'Songs of Our Native Daughters' -- written and sung in various combinations -- is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more.

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released February 22, 2019

Our Native Daughters is Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell.

Produced by Rhiannon Giddens and
Dirk Powell
Engineered and mixed by Dirk Powell
Recorded at Cypress House Studio,
Breaux Bridge, LA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge NY
Assisted by Chris Allgood
Annotated by Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla,
Allison Russell, and Dirk Powell
Photos by Terri Fensel

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Our Native Daughters

Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell reinterpret and create new works from old ones, shining light on African-American women’s stories of struggle, resistance, and hope

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