![]() ![]() And for a long time, Phillips' story, as well as how his music was made had just that. "Take Your Burden to the Lord And Leave It There" Steeped in gospel's oral tradition, but floating on his own instrumental innovations, Phillips created some early genre-defying folk minimalism, sounds that have no doubt influenced such unhurried performers as Michael Hurley, Liz Harris, or Marissa Anderson. ![]() ![]() The ghostly twinkles of Phillips' double zither- the manzarene-, caressing a voice seemingly devoid of hurry, carried by the clouds, have only grown more unusual, seductive, and softly brazen with time. It remains singular, easily separated from the multitudes of blues and gospel records recorded in the rural, black, early 20th Century deep south. The music in this collection, which has been reissued half a dozen times since its original appearance on as many 10 inch slabs of shellac in the late 1920s, hasn't lost any of its ability to bring listeners to silence. Washington Phillips And His Manzarene DreamsĬD in 76-page hardcover book with notes by Michael Corcoran ![]()
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