Moving Star Hall Singers Sea Island Folk Festival: Moving Star CD

In 1964, after five winters living and working with the people of the Sea Islands of South Carolina (helping with adult literacy programs and recording singing traditions), musician and musicologist Guy Carawan organized a folk festival. He aspired to encourage a folk song revival and to provide support to performers such as the Moving Star Hall Singers, who kept the folkways of the Sea Islands alive in spite of poverty and a lack of interest from younger generations. In a rousing speech recorded at the festival, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax (1915-2002) refers to the islands as "one of the heartlands of American music." Vigorous performances of spirituals, Gullah folk tales, and improvised blues attest to his assessment. Liner notes include notes on the songs, photographs, and articles about the living folk heritage of the Sea Islands by Carawan and Lomax.

1. Remember Me 2. Meet Me in Galilee 3. Ask the Watchman How Long - New Year's Eve Song 4. See God's Ark A-Moving 5. Talk About the Sea Island Folk Festival, Texas Folk Tale: Having a Hard Time, Texas Hide and Seek Song: All Hid 6. Ezekial in the Valley 7. Gullah Folk Tale: Barney McCabe 8. Somebody Stole My Henhouse Key 9. Blues 10. Ezekial in the Valley 11. Mary Rolled the Stone Away 12. Moonlight in Glory 13. You Got to Move