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Tag Archives: threshold choir
Black Friday
I am writing this blog on Thanksgiving Day. Tomorrow is Black Friday, a day when many Americans succumb to consumer frenzy and stampeding greed. I never think about shopping on Black Friday. I think about black ice and a semi-truck … Continue reading →
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Death Songs
My friend Jeannie and I are at a Sweet Honey in the Rock concert in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of the group’s founding members, Ysaye Barnwell, steps to center stage and sings what she calls her “death song.” It expresses … Continue reading →
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Tagged conscious death, death song, Morning Star Singers, songwriting, Sweet Honey in the Rock, threshold choir, Ysaye Barnwell
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