About Breaths by Sweet Honey In the Rock Album
sweet honey in the rock were a collective of very gifted technically non-denominational gospel women singers but thats just dosnt describe them or do them any justice, dr bernice johnson was part and parcel of the civil rights movemnt for sexual and racial equality in the 60s, and fully got what it was all about, and coveys this in her very spiritual accapelle choir here.. she sang for martin luther king at the famous speech "i have a dream" in the famous pensylvania avenue. their songs dig deeper than any so called gospel style as they are notdegrading themselves to doctrines or laws or fashions or politics, but to the very prionciples of freedom and love and compassion that shrist died for, and wich feulled the protest movements, and apparently the lust for freedom from empire that drive the mythivcal side of sir william wallace. they have as much to teach the churches and they do secular society, and too many socialist and anarcho womens groups love them for the stark honesty and almost christ like paganism hinted at within their magical and daring lyrics.. best examples of spirit in their songs are , on this particualr track listing... their style, can be described as refelcting elements of most forms of classic americana, from country-gospel, through penecostal gospel, folk-gospel, , with a form of blues/rhythm and blues, thats free from the usual overdone structure of most. lyrics always consistent with freedom causes and compassion and remebering the little peoiple the lost the lopnely the underdog, the black woman bullied, the white poor farmer, the child in a hate filled world and most importantly the compassion and empathy thats breaks thru it all dr bernice johnson you have birthed a wonderful legacy. !, beaths 11, somtimes 12 on children, 18 cchile your blood runs red through soweto songs which unless you're heartless or plain dead should strike deep into your soul, make hair stand on end, and cause tears but not sad tears.. these tears sweerty honey tears help us remember we are alive, we feel beyond our daily struggle to feed and pay billls, and remeind us we can see outside of those blinkers.. we remember what its really all about.. and in a non silly hippy dippy way, the voices of the ancestors. a proper mature and healthy cross borders spiritual singing group. about the best on the planet
