Album artwork for Songs Of Our Native Daughters by Our Native Daughters

Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on Songs of Our Native Daughters -- written and sung in various combinations -- is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more.

Our Native Daughters

Songs Of Our Native Daughters

Smithsonian/Folkways
Album artwork for Songs Of Our Native Daughters by Our Native Daughters
LP

$20.99

Black
Released 11/15/2019Catalog Number

A 23211

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Album artwork for Songs Of Our Native Daughters by Our Native Daughters
CD

$17.99

Released 06/28/2019Catalog Number

CD 740232

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Our Native Daughters

Songs Of Our Native Daughters

Smithsonian/Folkways
Album artwork for Songs Of Our Native Daughters by Our Native Daughters
LP

$20.99

Black
Released 11/15/2019Catalog Number

A 23211

Learn more
Album artwork for Songs Of Our Native Daughters by Our Native Daughters
CD

$17.99

Released 06/28/2019Catalog Number

CD 740232

Learn more

Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on Songs of Our Native Daughters -- written and sung in various combinations -- is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more.