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Motherless Child
By John Blake
Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2010
Track listing: Motherless Child; Go Down Moses; A City Heaven (Violin Solo Intro); A
City Heaven; A Balm In Gilead; Steal Away; Hold On; I Want Jesus To Walk With Me; Nobody Knows.
John Blake Jr.: Motherless Child
by Mark F. Turner
The precursor to the blues as a music form was first heard in the chants and songs of African American slaves. Their lyrics of hardship, perseverance, and faith were expressed through work songs, hymns, and spirituals, some of which are beautifully interpreted on John Blake Jr.'s Motherless Child. Growing up in South Philadelphia, Blake had this ...
