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Sacred Harp & Shape Note Links

Worldwide Sacred Harp Community Website

www.fasola.org

'Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp' is the first feature documentary about Sacred Harp singing

http://www.awakemysoul.com/

An excellent 8 minute video clip on Sacred Harp

http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/videos/view/89-Portlanf-Sacred-Harp

 

A nice site of a well-developed Sacred Harp Singing group with some recordings and good links 

http://www.wmshc.org/

 

 A well written story from NPR (National Public Radio) with a number of links and recordings

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1534280

 

Pilgrim Productions: Online library of sound recordings, including “Voices of Morton” which has recordings of many of the songs from the singing school book.

http://www.pilgrimproduction.org/sacredharp1.html

 

Roots Music & Arts Links

The Abita Springs Opry

"What one can expect to hear at the Abita Springs Opry is Louisiana "roots" music played like it was when it was performed before audience in small auditoriums like the Abita springs Town Hall.....".

 http://www.abitaopry.com/index.html

The Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall - "If only old buildings and old live oak trees could talk. While that may border on cliche, it is certainly true for the Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall built in 1895, the same year that historians agree that traditional American jazz was being invented across Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans...." 

http://dewdropjazzhall.com/