Feel the Presence: Traditional African American Music in South Carolina can be purchased through the museum for $5. To order a copy, contact Barbara Griggs at 7-6403 or barbarag@gwm.sc.edu.

Many of the musicians featured on the CD are recipients of The Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award, a state award that is presented annually to artists who demonstrate a commitment to the state's traditional arts, including folk music.

The CD is the second in the museum's traditional music series, called "Considerable Grace Traditional Music." The "Considerable Grace" series brings attention to the state's musical heritage and to the various cultures that practice these traditional forms of music. The first volume, a tremendous success, was titled Considerable Grace: Music of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards.

Music from Feel the Presence will be incorporated on the McKissick Web site, and educators in K–12 and college will be able to get copies on a loan basis. For more information about the "Considerable Grace Traditional Music" series, contact Saddler Taylor at taylors7@gwm.sc.edu or go to www.cas.sc.edu/mcks/.

Musicians (and their hometowns) featured on Feel the Presence: Traditional African American Music in South Carolina are:

• Anderson -- Little Pink Anderson, blues
  
  
• Andrews -- Old Morrisville Brass Band, brass band
  
  
• Beaufort -- Marquetta L. Goodwine, Gullah spirituals
  
  
• Blacksburg -- The All-Male Chorus of Blacksburg, gospel and a cappella
  
  
• Charleston -- Ann Caldwell, spirituals
  
  
• Chesterfield -- The Malloy Family Singers, spirituals
  
  
• Columbia -- Drink Small, blues
  
  
• Easley -- The Jackson Brothers, gospel and a cappella
  
  
• Georgetown -- Henry Smith, work songs
  
  
• Greenville -- Cootie Stark, blues
  
  
• Hopkins -- Pelham Myers and the Five Singing Stars, gospel
  
  
• Johnston -- Charles Booker Jr., tent revival preaching
  
  
• Kingstree -- St. Paul Baptist Choir, gospel
  
  
• McCormick -- Willie Tennant, blues
  
  
• Orangeburg -- The Jarvis Brothers, gospel and a cappella/five-part harmony
  
  
• Pelzer -- Mac Arnold, blues
  
  
• Spartanburg -- Pink Anderson, blues
  
  
• Spartanburg -- Baby Tate, blues
  
  
• Union -- Freddie Vanderford/ Brandon Turner, blues
  
  
• Williston -- The James Bing Note Singers, shape note.
  

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