Music

Some Mississippi Sunday Morning

Parchman Prison Prayer

2023

Glitterbeat Records

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Music Review

The Musical Legacy of a Mississippi Prison Farm

The new album “Some Mississippi Sunday Morning” collects gospel songs recorded inside a notorious penitentiary.

by Hanif Abdurraqib via The New Yorker on October 2, 2023
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‘It’s a Charged Place’: Parchman Farm, the Mississippi Prison with a Remarkable Musical History

Inmates at this bucolic but brutal prison have long been singing the blues to sustain themselves, and a new compilation of gospel songs continues the legacy.

by Sheldon Pearce via The Guardian on September 20, 2023

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