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Shakers n Bakers

The Shakers n’ Bakers are an improvising ensemble that reinterprets the music of the utopian religious community known as the Shakers. Their repetoire is primarily drawn from the body of work known as the “Vision” or “gift” songs which sprang from the Shaker community during the period of inspiration from 1837-1850. These visoion songs were received in states of inspiration by young women of the shaker community, and their authorship is attributed to spirits which took possession of the recipients, thus the term “gift” songs. The texts of many of the songs are partially or entirely written in the languages of inspiration; some are identified loosely as African, Native American or “moon” languages

YFZ (Yearning For Zion)

By Shakers n Bakers

Label: Little (i) Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: In Me Canoe; Even Shakers Get the Blues; The Roar of G_D; Scour and Scrub; Chinese!!!; Lay Me Low; Laughing John Interrogatory; Yearning for Zion; Limber Zeal.

Shakers n' Bakers

By Shakers n Bakers

Label: Little (i) Music
Released: 2008

Shakers N' Bakers: YFZ (Yearning For Zion)

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 22, 2008

Sometimes odd matches promise the most perfect couplings. Such is the case with the second release of the New York-based improvising ensemble, Shakers N' Bakers. They succeed beautifully with inspired interpretations of 19th century spiritual vision songs by the radical Utopian religion community known as the Shakers. The ensemble transfers the original texts through the musical ...