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Sweet Honey In The Rock

Challenge and change are the themes underlying the 40-plus-year career of the revered female African-American a cappella ensemble, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK. In the course of creating its adventurous and diverse mixture of blues, African, jazz, gospel and R&B music, with excursions into symphonic and dance theater, 23 vocalists have passed through the group, formed as a quartet in 1973 at a workshop at the D.C. Black Repertory Theater Company in Washington. Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson, and Mie drew their name from the first song they learned, “Sweet Honey in the Rock,” based on a Biblical psalm

#LoveInEvolution

By Sweet Honey In The Rock

Label: SHE-ROCKS 5, INC./Appleseed Recordings (distributed by E1 Entertainment)
Released: 2016

Sweet Honey In The Rock Recently Released New Single “Second Line Blues”

January 15, 2016

GRAMMY-nominated, Sweet Honey In The Rock gears up for their upcoming album #LoveinEvolution (out January 22nd) via SHE-ROCKS 5, INC./Appleseed Recordings (distributed by E1 Entertainment). The A Capella ensemble recently released their second single and music video, “Second Line Blues,” available now on iTunes and Amazon. The album’s stark second single “Second Line Blues” with its ...

Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Tribute-Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center

By Sweet Honey In The Rock

Label: Appleseed Recordings
Released: 2013

Grammy Award-Winning a Cappella Ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock Release, "Are We a Nation?" - A Response to Arizona's Immigration Law SB-1070 Through Song

June 28, 2010

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED A CAPPELLA ENSEMBLE SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK TO RELEASE, “ARE WE A NATION?" A RESPONSE TO ARIZONA'S IMMIGRATION LAW SB-1070 THROUGH SONG “...I have always believed art is the conscience of the human soul and that artists have the responsibility not only to show life as it is but to ...