Sweet Honey in the Rock: A National Treasure
Today I would like to honor and celebrate a group of women that live their lives as activists and use their music to promote peace and civil disobedience when needed. I would like to honor and pay tribute to Sweet Honey in the Rock. This all woman African-American a cappella group started in 1973, by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, one of my own personal heros. While some of the players have changed the group still tours all over. In their music, they address topics including motherhood, spirituality, freedom, homophobia, civil rights, domestic violence, and racism. Here are just a few of my favorites that I hope you will enjoy and hope you will discover the brilliant music of these powerful women. Of course, a favorite anthem of mine, and this lovely one on children and I really love this one as well.
I have never heard of this group. Thanks. I enjoyed the songs.
I am just thrilled I have helped someone find these amazing women!
Best regards,
Michael
My Dad LOVED Sweet Honey. He was mostly a fan of Protest Folk, but their strong voice for justice and amazing harmonies won him over. (Now just imagine my childhood, listening to Bon Jovi on contemporary radio, my mom’s BTO and disco classics, and my dad playing Woodie Guthrie, Dick Gaughan, and Sweet Honey in the Rock. No wonder I’m eclectic, over-educated, and under-employed!)
Lex, great and hysterical comment. Your dad has great taste in music. Woodie Guthrie and Dick Gaughan are big here in our home and I can never get enough of Sweet Honey in the Rock.