Listen to songs produced by Oludele Olasiende
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Quick links to Song Information 1.Olaudah Equiano's Narrative 2.The Chase 4.Names of Slaves living in Liverpool in 1782 to 1804 5.No More Auction Block 6.Jubilee Song 7.Wayfaring Stranger 8.Take This Hammer 9.Am I not a Brother?Part1 10.Am I not a Brother?Part2 11.Essequibo River 12.Cotton Fields 13.Swing Low, Sweet Chariot .14.All the Pretty Little Horses
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Olaudah Equiano’s Narrative – Music composed by Sekou Susso This is an excerpt from the book written by Equiano called ‘The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African’. It was first published in 1789. Equiano was a slave born in Nigeria who became a free man and worked tirelessly for the Abolitionist movement.
Tayo Aluko – Baritone voice Sekou Susso – Kora Olu Olaseinde – Music Director, Guitar and Keyboards |
The Chase – Music composed by River Niger Orchestra "The Chase" is a narrative about a slave who escapes and is being hunted down by riders on horses, and blood hounds. "The Chase" is from The Anti-Slavery Harp; A collection of songs for anti-slavery meetings, compiled by William W. Brown, a fugitive slave (Boston : Bela Marsh, 1848).
Yetunde Olaseinde Vocals Sekou Susso Kora (African Harp) Pierre Balayongo Balafon (African Xylophone) Lekan Akigbe as the run-away Slave Michael Adedeji Bata Drum & Djembe Felix Ngindu Gbedu Drum Oludele Olaseinde Musical Director, Guitar & Keyboards |
I Stood on the River of Jordan - Trad arr. Tayo Aluko with Christine Horton A Negro Spiritual song from the 19th Century
Tayo Aluko – Baritone voice Christine Horton – Grand Piano |
Names of Slaves living in Liverpool 1782-1804 - River Niger Orchestra These names are from Liverpool Parish records of 1782-1804 discovered by Dr Ray Costello a local African Caribbean historian and Liverpudlian.
Yetunde Olaseinde Vocals Oluwaseun Olaseinde Backing vocal Michael Adedeji Djembe Drum Felix Ngindu Gbedu Drum Umaru Chaba Talking Drum Oludele Olaseinde Musical Director, Guitar & Keyboards |
No more Auction Block – Trad arr. Hannah Peel and Ije Latham No More Auction Block" is a narrative about not wanting to be sold or whip lashed any more. The origins of the song are prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865) and in modern times it has been made popular by artistes including Odetta and Bob Dylan
Hannah Peel – Violin and music arrangement Ije Latham - Vocal Victoria Mutch - Cello |
The Jubilee Song – Music composed by Olu Olaseinde The Jubilee Song is a song that describes the suffering of enslavement and celebrates the journey to freedom. The Jubilee Song is from The Anti-Slavery Harp; A collection of songs for anti-slavery meetings, compiled by William W. Brown, a fugitive slave (Boston : Bela Marsh, 1848).
Yetunde Olaseinde Vocals Sekou Susso Kora (African Harp) Oludele Olaseinde Musical Director & Guitar and Keyboards |
Wayfaring Stranger Trad arr. Tayo Aluko and Christine Horton This song is known as a White Spiritual song that comes from the period of Slavery and publicized in 1858 by Charles Tillman
Tayo Aluko – Baritone voice Christine Horton – Grand Piano |
Take this Hammer – Trad arr. Mojave Collective This is a work song made popular by Leadbelly a famous African American folk singer who was born on a plantation in Louisiana in 1888
Mark Pountney – Acoustic Guitar |
Am I not a Brother? Part 1 – Music composed by River Niger Orchestra Am I not a Brother? Is a narrative that asks are we not brothers and equal . In the background you can hear the sound of the sea and creaking wood from the ship‘. ‘Am I not a Brother?’ is from The Anti-Slavery Harp; A collection of songs for anti-slavery meetings, compiled by William W. Brown, a fugitive slave (Boston : Bela Marsh, 1848).
Yetunde Olaseinde Vocals Pierre Balayongo Balafon (African Xylophone) Lekan Akigbe as the Slave Michael Adedeji Bata Drum & Djembe Oludele Olaseinde Musical Director & Guitar and Keyboards |
Am I not a Brother? Part 2 - Music composed by River Niger Orchestra William W. Brown, a fugitive slave (Boston : Bela Marsh, 1848).
Yetunde Olaseinde Vocals Pierre Balayongo Balafon (African Xylophone) Lekan Akigbe as the Slave Michael Adedeji Bata Drum & Djembe Felix Ngindu Gbedu Drum Oludele Olaseinde Musical Director & Guitar and Keyboards |
Essequibo River – Trad arr. Mark Jones This a sea shanty song that British sailors learnt from the local African Caribbean population in Guyana
Mark Jones – Acoustic Guitar |
Cotton Fields – Trad arr. Craig Gamble Cotton Fields was written by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Bellya famous African American folk singer who was born on a plantation in Louisiana in 1888.
Craig Gamble – Electric Guitar |
Swing Low Sweet Chariot Trad arr. Tayo Aluko and River Niger Orchestra This song is a Negro spiritual song from the 19th Century first recorded by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1909. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. (Wikipedia)
Tayo Aluko with the Sounds of Slavery Ensemble and River Niger Orchestra Felix Ngindu - Gbedu Drums |
All the Pretty Little Horses – Trad arr. Music composed by Caitlin Grey and Nick Harvey "All the Pretty Little Horses"(also known as "Hush-a-bye") is a traditional lullaby from the southern United States. Current theory is that the lullaby was sung by black slaves to their white charges during the pre-Civil War period. This theory is backed by the reference to "wee little lamby...cried for her mammy" as slaves were often forcibly separated from their own families in order to serve their owners.
Caitlin Grey - Vocal Neil Harvey – All instruments |