Goodbye, Babylon
I recently bought a thing I’ve wanted to buy for a very long time.
The 6 disc gospel box set Goodbye Babylon released by Dust-to-Digital Records. It’s housed in a big ass cedar box and comes with a book with notes on the artists, photographs, lyrics and bible verses that relate to the songs. This box set/art object has received plenty of praise, so all I am going to say is that some of these songs make me wish I had that old time religion.
The most powerful track that I’ve heard so far is “Lift Him Up That’s All” by Washington Phillips. He plays a haunting instrument that is either a homemade instrument or a dolceola and he sings in a high voice that just kills me.
Washington Phillips - Lift Him Up That’s All
I like to tie posts I make to shows coming up in the Michigan area, and, shockingly enough, I can do that here. There’s a Shape Note Sacred Harp singing going on at the Green River Cafe in East Lansing on Tuesday the 16th. I’m planning on going, even though I’m not really sure what it’s going to be like. Here’s a Facebook link about it.
