Freedom Is a Constant

Va-Freedom Is A Constant | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1994)
• Original Release Date: September 5, 1994
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Folk Era Records
• ASIN: B00000182V
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,216 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Hey, Nelly Nelly

2. Here's to the State of Mississippi

3. Ballad of Medgar Evers

4. Death of Medgar Evers

5. Only a Pawn in Their Game

6. Too Many Martyrs

7. Blowin' in the Wind

8. It Isn't Nice

9. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

10. If I Had a Hammer

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Disc: 2

1. Movin' It On

2. Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life

3. Freedom School

4. Song for Ben Chaney

5. Goodman, Schwermer and Chaney

6. Those Three Are on My Mind

7. Michael, Andrew and James

8. I Have Seen Freedom

9. Three Young Men

10. In the Mississippi River

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Editorial Reviews

Developed by Washington, DC, based Cultural Center For Social Change, this collection single-mindedly presents the music of that special historical summer. Artists who have contributed include Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Tom Paxton, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Phil Ochs, and many others. The 40 songs on this two-CD set cover 2-1/2 hours, The Toledo Blade said, "Playing these two discs of 40 songs over 2-1/2 hours is like curling up with a good history book." Most songs are period recordings, some are freshly recorded for this collection, and a couple have never before been recorded. ~ Allan Shaw, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, October 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Freedom Is a Constant (Audio CD)

This cd helps evoke the importance of music in the fight for civil rights in the South. I would suggest this work to anyone who desires to understand the unspoken history of the South and the full push toward equality with folk's special place in history.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable!, March 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Freedom Is a Constant (Audio CD)

These are the songs..and the singers..that helped to change our world in those determining times of the civil rights movement. If you were there, this collection will take you back; if you weren't, this music will claim you too as a sister or brother. A must!