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That's Dr. Ysaye Barnwell singing bass. Sang with Sweet Honey for something like thirty-five years. When I first heard these women sing as a young teen it changed my life forever. Now I direct choirs in music from the African diaspora, and teach kids music. In short, I agree. If this music doesn't make you feel something, you might be dead.

saint4God that's the Holy Ghost

What he said👆 Praise the Lord🙌 Thank you Jesus🙏

Was blessed to hear it live at the Detroit opera house. This is a pure reflection of perfection before God. I wanna testify to the suffering of of such.

Lucky lucky sweetheart...made you a queen.

exactly! ...love it because it's just them. ...they're singing for the sheer enjoyment of the song.

I remember seeing them in London. They were just incredible! One of the best shows I've ever heard!

That's just the thing though. There's music here. Music in droves. They are a capella. It takes a special talent to do this well. There's music.

Music is more than beat, rhythm, melody and harmony. Intention, feeling, history, love, context and a million other aspects I can't articulate make music real.

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 True, but without the beat, rhythm, melody and harmony, no one else can relate. These are what "introduce" the later to others listeners.

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 i dont like the term "real" music. music is just a pattern of sounds, theres nothing that makes it more "real"

Their voices ARE the music. They don't need no instruments, they ARE the instruments. Praise God 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

That's exactly how I feel too.

Couldn’t agree more! The fact that you can’t hear anything else but their voices just makes it so much more powerful.

Not necessarily.

I choose their version also. They make you feel how the children must’ve felt.

oh, werd

We are the Israelites

Keondre 717 yes WE ARE THEM BREWS!!! Halleluyah!!! Praise be to ABBA YHWH!!!👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

It resonates with your soul. All the emotions of that time is what this songs brings to the surface when they sing it.

Yeah, it’s called Near unbearable pain, misery, and suffering

@Skyhawk Apodaca thanks for writing this, cause hearing that we have other minority on our side is always great, it always seems like everyone hates us.

Same here, but more like 30 years ago for me. In State College, PA at Penn State. Powerful memory.

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Please enjoy a nice soup to revamp your gentle "soul sister." You know what am sayin...good on you.

Dr. Ysaye Barnwell's voice is not just low but also wide, that's why it is so forceful and beautiful. I was VERY sad when they announced her retirement at the last concert I went to, and I think it was my first time screaming "Nooooo!" from the audience. The bass is the foundation, everything else is built on that. She's necessary. Her voice is not truly reproducible on a recording, it sounds wonderful, but it must be experienced live for the full effect. (Yes I am stating this after she has already retired. But it's true.) Her performances are so emotional, her voice makes my bones vibrate, every note she sings gives me goosebumps in my heart. I get that it is hard to travel the world when you are aging. I deeply hope that she is still performing in DC. This unique voice must continue to be heard.

She is an amazing and inspiring woman.

I’m with ya, Ingrid! But most people who attend church are not real Christians. (They don’t know what they believe, and they certainly don’t live the teachings of Christ.) It’s a culture, and this culture is deeply ingrained into southern culture. The music is beautiful, and powerful. It tells stories with deep feeling and emotion. I love spirituals and many of the old hymns also but I’ve learned to separate emotions from reality. Happily deconverted.

Knowing that black people being afflicted in America for 400 years is foretold in Bible prophecy should make anyone a believer.

He was spot-on. And it's sadly evident that we haven't figured out a bloody thing in the 50 years since his murder. Not really.

ya bashaar cara sheego oo waxaah ahaay dhah waan daboku xaroo ya asaweeda ya weelagaa ya bashaar wa maqaluuqa waxah qeelashay who you are? God or Alaaha iS not died like AS ya bashaar come down

Yeah..when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

I'm reduced to a blubbering mess by this. I feel like I'm so strong otherwise, but listening to this just cuts right to my core.

Indeed sister. Rightfully so. Gut wrenching in the most beautiful way. Thanks for your post.

I was so surprised for a second to see a comment from you here, but no it’s not surprising it’s just lovely.

Typo: seen, not scene.

Is it rude to speak the truth? Is it rude to save g1015m from the possible dersion of less scrupulous readers? I think not. Not rude, but far-seeing and kind. Your reply to dnns, however, crosses the boundary. Your reply is very rude and inconsiderate. "God saved Peter, and God saved Paul." God can save you, if you admit your sins, confess your faults, apologize to dnns, and ask for God's divine mercy. Peace be with you.

g1015m that would be epic

Michael Edward Hawker 11212inches Jesus is my dady

Keep rising to the top.

No the blood of Jesus will save us .

Me too along with Wallelah (NA), I love these women's harmony!

Me to

It is a very sad part of history. I can not fathom the strength it took to survive slavery or running to freedom. The thought overwhelms me.