Ian Brennan, a Grammy-winning producer (Tinariwen, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott) went to Mississippi early in 2023 to record the voices of inmates at Parchman
Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning(Glitterbeat GBCD143. Review by Bruce Lindsay.) This is stunning: an album so filled with beauty, emotional impact and hope comes round once in a blue moon, but Parchman Prison Prayer - Some Mississippi Sunday Morning is such an album. Despite the title, this isn’t by an Americana or…
Inmates at this bucolic but brutal prison have long been singing the blues to sustain themselves, and a new compilation of gospel songs continues the legacy