Songs of Our Native Daughters shines new light on African-American women’s stories of struggle, resistance, and hope. Pulling from and inspired by 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century sources, including slave narratives and early minstrelsy, kindred banjo players Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell reinterpret and create new works from old ones. With unflinching, razor-sharp honesty, they confront sanitized views about America’s history of slavery, racism, and misogyny from a powerful, black female perspective. These songs call on the persistent spirits of the daughters, mothers, and grandmothers who have fought for justice in large, public ways only now being recognized, and in countless domestic ways that will most likely never be acknowledged. 52 minutes, 36-page booklet with lyrics.

Instruments

• 5-string banjo, Accordion, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Banjo, Baritone electric guitar, Bass, Bowed bass, Cello, Clarinet, Drums, Electric guitar, Fiddle, Guitar, Handclaps, Keys, Mandolin, Minstrel banjo, Percussion, Piano, Tenor banjo, Vocals

Credits

• Rhiannon Giddens – Producer, Liner Notes, Dirk Powell – Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Liner Notes, Emily Lazar – Mastering Engineer, Chris Allgood – Assistant Mastering Engineer, Amythyst Kiah – Liner Notes, Leyla McCalla – Liner Notes, Allison Russell – Liner Notes, Terri Fensel – Photographer, Carla Borden – Liner Notes Editor, Visual Dialogue – Designer

Specifications

• Genre: Struggle & Protest
• Released Year: 2019
• Play Time: 52 Minutes
• No of Pages: 36
• Weight: 1 lbs