Trouble the Water: The Birth of the Spirituals
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Trouble the Water: The Birth of the Spirituals
Editor's Note: Santi Elijah Holley has been awarded one of two No Depression Reporting Fellowships to write four in-depth features on a topic deeply impacting roots music today. The Reporting Fellowships kick off with this historical piece introducing spirituals as a foundational form of American roots music
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