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Wikipedia / Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing, kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South.

Cast

The Sacred Harp singers:

  • Richard DeLong

  • Raymond Hamrick

  • Richard A. Ivey

  • Rodney Ivey

  • Warren Steel

  • Judy Caudle

  • Joyce Smith Walton

  • Hugh McGraw

  • Carlene Griffin

  • Charlene Wallace

  • Jim Carnes

  • Elene Stovall

  • Terry Wootten

  • Jeff and Shelbie Sheppard

  • Lonnie Rogers

  • Ted Mercer

  • William Reynolds

See also

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