Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert

Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert

Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert
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Composer: Langston Hughes
Composer: Spoken Word
Composer: Spiritual Traditional
Composer: Welsh Traditional
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert
Composer: Unspecified
Composer: Mai Jones
Performer: Alan Booth
Performer: Paul Robeson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Music Label: Folk Era Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Freedom Train
  2. Intro From Wil Paynter
  3. Paul Robeson's Greetings
  4. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
  5. All Through The Night
  6. This Little Light Of Mine
  7. All Men Are Brothers
  8. Slumberland
  9. Thanks from Wil Paynter
  10. Y Deln Aur (The Golden Harp) - The Treorchy Male Voice Chor
  11. Thanks from Paul Robeson
  12. Wales
  13. We'll Keep A Welcome In the Hillside - The Treorchy Male Voice Chor

Music reviews of Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert

Music Review: A Chance to Eavesdrop on an Extraordinary Occasion
Rating: 5 Stars

I was in Junior High when this incredible concert occurred, and I remember hearing about it without understanding all the whys and wherefores. What a powerful experience it was to listen to this for the first time.

For those who aren't familiar with the history, the well-written program notes tell the story of Paul Robeson and how he was blacklisted in the US, had a career in Britain where he met up with and made a film about the South Wales coal miners, and how the State Department froze his passport and wouldn't let him leave the country for a number of years, not even to perform at this singing festival in Wales.

The trans-Atlantic phone cable was new on the scene, so the festival organizers arranged for Paul Robeson to "appear" by telephone. The CD includes the introduction by the organizer, selections by Paul Robeson, and selections by a Welsh choir, singing for him. In the final selection, the audience of 5,000 people in Wales sings, "We'! ll Keep A Welcome in the Valleys" - a very poignant selection under the circumstances.

The recording of the concert was made on the Welsh side, with Mr. Robeson's voice coming through the phone wire, so the quality of the recording may not satisfy some listeners. Still, the power of Mr. Robeson's voice comes across loud and clear, as does the emotion of the occasion.

This is a must for Welsh-Americans and African-Americans, as well as anyone who wants to see what the US government was capable of doing to its citizens back in the Cold War days.

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