last updated February, 2003

Sweet Honey in the Rock

 


is a Grammy Award-winning African American female a cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the black church - spirituals, hymns, gospel - as well as jazz and blues.

 

 
 

 

Sweet Honey in the Rock will be in Minneapolis to celebrate their 30th anniversay and the release of their new CD -- The Women Gather.

Friday, March 21
Education Program
10 am - 12:25 pm

Saturday, March 22
Public Concert

O'Shaughnessy
8:00 pm

Sunday, March 23
Family concert

honors the workers and survivors of domestic abuse in Minnesota
with special recogbtion to Shelia Wellstone

Tickets:
651-690-6700 or 612-989-5151

For more information call:
612-673-9230

 
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CDs & Books Available at Amazon

 

 


 

New from Sweet Honey in the Rock in 2003

THE WOMEN GATHER
Recorded in celebration of their 30th(!) anniversary of adding beauty to the world and creating political change, this album features 18 brand new songs. Their deep musical roots in the sacred music of the black church - spirituals, hymns and gospel, combine with jazz and blues to create a sound that is truly like no other. Produced by Toshi Reagon, a solo artist and the daughter of Sweet Honey founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, these songs relate history, point the finger at injustice, encourage activism and sing the praises of love.


$17.95

 

Previous Releases by
Sweet Honey in the Rock

25 (CD)

Sing and play along with your favorite tunes! New cover in 2002!

 

$16.95

Breaths (CD)

This compact dics includes most of the songs from Good News and We All... Everyone of Us

 

$16.95

Feel Something Drawing on Me (CD)

Released at the same time as The Other Side, this album focused on traditional black gospel music.

1985

$16.95

In This Land (CD)

The music ranges from the mesmerizing "Fulani Chant" to the tender "Patchwork Quit" (a moving song about the AIDS quilt) to the high energy rap "(Women Should Be) A Priority."

1992

$16.95

Live @ Carnegie Hall (CD)

This album was recorded at a live performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1987.

1987

$16.95

The Other Side (CD)

Released simultaneously with Feel Something Drawing Me On, this album focused on the music that the group calls "Black Song."

1985

$16.95

Saced Ground (CD)

Join Sweet Honey as they revisit traditional African- American sacred songs with reverance and passion and add their own boldy original explorations of what "sacred" means today.

1995

$16.95

Selections 1976-1988 (CD)

Released as a double CD set in 1997, this album in an incredible retro- spective of the group's first 14 years.

1997

$21.95

Still on the Journey (CD)

This album celebrates their 20th anniversary. Highlights include "Ballad of the Broken Word" (written by Toshi Reagon), "Wanting Memories" and "No Mirrors in My Nana's House."

1993

$16.95

Sweet Honey in the Rock (CD)

This album was sweet Honey's first.

1976

$16.95

Children's CDs

All For Freedom (CD)

Includes well-known songs like "Make New Friends" and "Cumbaya" alongside great new songs like "The Little Shekere" and "Everybody Ought to Know."

$16.95

I Got Shoes (CD)

This 1994 release for children became an immediate favorite -- especially when folks heard the inspiring rap song, "Young and Positive."

1994

$16.95

Still the Same Me (CD)

Using only their voices and percussion instruments and accompanied at times by a chorus of children, Sweet Honey has put together an extraordinarily soulful, uplifting and entertaining collection of songs and improvisations for kids.

2001

 

$15.95

Books

Continuum (Songbook)

Each of the songs in this beautifully produced songbook is accompanied by lyrics, composer's notes and a bio of the Sweet Honey member who composed it. These invite you behind the scenes to hear how the music moved its originator. 

$20.95

If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The African American Sacred Song Tradition

Migration looms large as a theme in twentieth-century African American life. Bernice Johnson Reagon uses this theme as a centering structure for four essays that examine different genres of African American sacred music as they manifested themselves throughout the twentieth century and within her own life.

$15.00

No Mirrors in My Nana's House with CD (Audio)

Glorious, bright pictures by Synthia Saint James show us how to see the beauty, and the CD that's enclosed with this package, of Sweet Honey In The Rock singing the song, tells us how to hear it.

Children's book by Ysaye Barnwell

$18.00

We'll Understand It Better by and by: Pioneering African American Gospel Composers

Gospel music has profoundly influenced American culture. This book brings together some of the best pioneering composers and shows the impact of their work. Illustrations.

By Bernice Johnson Reagon

$24.95

 

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