"Negro Prison Blues and Songs"
Citation
Alan Lomax, “"Negro Prison Blues and Songs",” Student Digital Gallery, accessed June 20, 2025, https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/10900.
| Title | "Negro Prison Blues and Songs" |
|---|---|
| Subject | Prison protest |
| Civil rights music | |
| Prison worker songs | |
| Description | This album, "Negro Prison Blues and Songs," was recorded by inmates at state penitentiaries in Mississippi and Louisana. All of the twenty-one songs are written and performed by African-American inmates and the only music is their voice and the rthymic thud of their picks hitting the ground. When viewers listen to songs, you hear not only voices and harmony but individual interviews and narratives. These are simple but yet powerful songs that evoke a lot of emotion from the viewer. Many song titles summarize a narrative or scenario, such as "How I Got to the Penitentiary" or "Lonesome Blues." |
| Creator | Alan Lomax |
| Source | CD Legacy International CD-326 |
| Publisher | Legacy International |
| Date | 1994 |
| Contributor | Curtis Kachur |
| Type | Sound |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| audio/mpeg | |
| Identifier | https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/10900 |