Acclaimed Christian Raphael Prize winner’s debut for Topic Records, produced by Eliza Carthy. The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience is the upcoming record by Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison, her debut for on the historic Topic Records label. Produced by Eliza Carthy and featuring some of her beautiful, soaring string arrangements, The Sorrow Songs was recorded in Cornwall at Cube Studios and is a work of what Angeline calls ‘re-storying.’
The stellar line-up of musicians on this album includes Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (anglo concertina, melodeon, vocals), Clarke Camilleri (guitar, banjo, vocals), Hamilton Gross (violin, vocals), Rosie Crow (piano, vocals), Alex Neilson (drums, vocals), Eliza Carthy (violin, fiddlesticks, vocals), Angeline Morrison (vocals, autoharp, double bass) and features Martin Carthy on the album’s closing track.
1. Interlude - Some Terrible Habits
2. Unknown African Boy (D.1830)
3. Black John
4. Interlude - These Little Ones
5. The Beautiful Spotted Black Boy
6. Mad-haired Moll O'Bedlam
7. Interlude - Nobody Round Here Likes It
8. The Hand of Fanny Johnson
9. Cinnamon Water
10. Hide Yourself
11. Cruel Mother Country
12. Interlude - In the Village
13. The Flames They Do Grow High
14. Interlude - Need Not Apply
15. Go Home
16. Slave No More