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Georgia Sea Island Singers

Georgia Sea Island Singers has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 20 episodes and was first played on 4 November 2014.

The Georgia Sea Island Singers are an American folk music ensemble from Georgia, United States. Formed in the early 1900s, the group is formed of African Americans who travel performing songs and other elements of the Gullah culture. The group's members change with time, and have included Bessie Jones, Joe Armstrong, Mable Hillery and Frankie Sullivan Quimby (a current member of the collective). The group's music was recorded in 1959-60 by Alan Lomax. A Newport Folk Festival performance was featured in the…

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O Death
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
O Death
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Prayer
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Mississippi/Change Records2011
Prayer
Georgia Sea Island SingersMississippi/Change Records2011
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Beulah Land
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Beulah Land
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Turkle Dove
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Turkle Dove
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, The Georgia Sea Island Singers
Prestige International1961
Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, The Georgia Sea Island SingersPrestige International1961
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Daniel In The Lion's Den
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Daniel In The Lion's Den
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Throw Me Anywhere
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Sing Out!1978
Throw Me Anywhere
Georgia Sea Island SingersSing Out!1978
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Before This Time Another Year
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Mississippi/Change Records2011
Before This Time Another Year
Georgia Sea Island SingersMississippi/Change Records2011
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Oh Death
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Mississippi/Change Records2011
Oh Death
Georgia Sea Island SingersMississippi/Change Records2011
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