Free Library Festival: Follow the Drinking Gourd - On the Freedom Trail

    Free Library Festival: Follow the Drinking Gourd - On the Freedom Trail

    Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

    April 19, 2009


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    Celebrating the vitality of the African-American musical experience, Follow the Drinking Gourd is a musical trio named for a song used to guide slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Combining powerful narrative with compelling music, singers Shannon Hunt and Ivan Woods and pianist Diane Goldsmith perform their way through African-American history in ''On the Freedom Trail,'' using musical styles such as spiritual and ragtime, as well as excerpts from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Follow the Drinking Gourd has appeared to rave reviews at venues including Princeton's Paul Robeson Center for the Arts and the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

    Follow the Drinking Gourd performs on the Target Children's Stage.


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      • Venue Info

        Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

        1901 Vine Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19103

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      • Admission Info
      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        April 19, 2009

        Times:
        Sunday, April 19, 2009 @ 12:00 pm

      • Accessibility Info

          Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.


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