Album Review

Bontemps, Arna – “Anthology of Negro Poets In The U.S.A. – 200 Years” – [Smithsonian/Folkways]

humana 10/19/2015 12-inch, A Library

This is one of those treasures from the Foothill College Library. Bontemps reads the poems of amazing songsters capable of summoning clear images of babies with sparkling eyes (A2), dreams of heaven and how it will be an equitable place, Death cutting the birth cord and handing the baby over to Sorrow, and much, much more. Be sure to listen to “Frederick Douglass” by Robert E. Hayden. These are powerful all on their own, but I’m sure some of you mixologists will figure out a way to set these poems so they strike the listener even more. A worthy add to our library.

you heard it 19 times on kfjc! most recently:

907 days ago, Milo Minderbender played Johnson, Fenton
1025 days ago, Milo Minderbender played Terry, Lucy
2057 days ago, Tim Horton played Johnson, Fenton
2387 days ago, Mance played Wheatley, Phillis
2392 days ago, Ras Babo played Hayden, Robert E.

Album Review

Bontemps, Arna – “Anthology of Negro Poets In The U.S.A. – 200 Years” – [Smithsonian/Folkways]

you heard it 19 times on kfjc! most recently:

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