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Song o' the Day-"Shango"
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New Orleans JAZZ NHP’s Song o’ the Day:
“Shango”
It’s June 23rd, Midsummer’s Eve: celebrated around the world with bonfires, fireworks, festivals and feasting. Christians hold that, since John the Baptist was born 6 months before his kinsman, Jesus, midsummer is St. John’s birthday & designate it “St. John the Baptist Day”. That makes today “St. John’s Eve”, also. Even practitioners of “Voodoo” religion get in on the festivities by celebrating “The Baptist” with their own head-washing ceremonies! And, where better to practice such than New Orleans’ own Bayou St. John? Smithsonian Magazine cited this event as our city’s “most important religious festival”!
So, in recognition of tonight’s uniquely NOLA twist on midsummer mischief, we’ll listen to this Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes celebration of the African deity, “Shango”, which is illustrated with a Voodoo altar image in the book, “Le Ker Creole: Creole Compositions & Stories from Louisiana”.
From: Le Ker Creole: Creole Compositions & Stories from Louisiana
Written by: Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes
Performed by: Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes (lead vocals & accordion), Leroy Joseph Etienne (drums & background vocals), Matthew Hampsey (banjo), Michael Harris (bass & background vocals)
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