Gregory Groover Jr – Negro Spiritual Songbook

Negro Spirituals are at the bedrock of the African American musical experience, providing the foundation upon which many genres that are enjoyed now were built. Although the composers of these spirituals are largely anonymous and nameless, their music named the non-anonymous tragedy of slavery, while also naming a steadfast hope for a better tomorrow — maybe not for them, but for the future generation. The Negro Spiritual Songbook Volume I is a p...