Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Angeline Morrison’s “The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience” was one of the most significant albums of recent times. On this walk near her home in North Cornwall, Angeline talks about her deep love for traditional music and her determination to chronicle in song the experiences of black Britons through history. By the grave of the master and slave who are buried together she sings “Slave No More” and on the beach where she first composed it, she performs “Unknown African Boy, (died 1830)”. There’s also time for a beautiful song in the Cornish language and her unaccompanied version of “Bushes and Briars”.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot. |
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| 1:04.3 | So thank you and enjoy the walk. |
| 1:08.7 | Last year I heard one of the most significant and important albums I've heard for a long time. |
| 1:16.7 | The Sorrows Songs by Angeline Morrison, songs based on Black British experience dating back through history. |
| 1:25.0 | And it had a profound impact on me. |
| 1:26.9 | And as soon as I heard it, I wanted to meet her |
| 1:29.8 | and to talk more to her about her inspiration. |
| 1:32.9 | So I've come to North Cornwall now to the area where she lives. |
| 1:37.7 | And we're going to find out more about Angeline Morrison, her music, |
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