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Biography Synopsis: The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers were a rural Alabama ‘sacred harp’ choir specializing in gospel music. On April 16, 1928, they recorded several songs for Columbia, amongst which was “Present Joys”, later included on the Anthology of American Folk Music. They are most commonly referenced alongside Alan Lomax, who toured the Southern states, amongst other areas, recording rural music. Lomax recorded the group in 1942, for the Library of Congress. A new recording was made in the same church in Alabama that Alan Lomax had recorded in 50 years later. The recording featured some of the same singers as the recording done by Lomax some 50 years earlier.

– Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Sacred_Harp_Singers)
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Name: Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
Location: Alabama
Biography Synopsis: The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers were a rural Alabama ‘sacred harp’ choir specializing in gospel music. On April 16, 1928, they recorded several songs for Columbia, amongst which was “Present Joys”, later included on the Anthology of American Folk Music. They are most commonly referenced alongside Alan Lomax, who toured the Southern states, amongst other areas, recording rural music. Lomax recorded the group in 1942, for the Library of Congress. A new recording was made in the same church in Alabama that Alan Lomax had recorded in 50 years later. The recording featured some of the same singers as the recording done by Lomax some 50 years earlier.

– Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Sacred_Harp_Singers)
Recording career: Recorded for Columbia in the late ’20s and for Alan Lomax in the early ’40s. Available as follows:

1. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers: Sacred Harp Singing
2. The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey – Volume 9: Harp of a Thousand Strings: All Day Singing from the Sacred Harp
3. The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey – Volume 10: And Glory Shone Around: More All Day Singing from the Sacred Harp

All three recordings have been reissued by Rounder Records (www.rounder.com)
Most popular song(s): “Present Joys” – Click here for video
Musical Influences: The Alan Lomax recordings have taken on a mythic proportion as they were the inspiration for using Sacred Harp in the soundtrack to the film Cold Mountain.
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