Southern Journey, Vol. 10 - And Glory Shone Around

( Rounder Records )
Part of the Southern Journey Series

Original notes by Alan Lomax adapted and expanded by Matthew Barton

Old-time Southern shape note singing from the Sacred Harp hymnal — vibrant, cascading folk polyphony captured in full swing and in stereo at the 1959 United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabama — truly a “joyful noise.”