Joe Washington Brown & Austin Coleman

vocals

Singers recorded in 1934 in Jennings (Louisiana) by folklorists John A. and Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress's Archive of Folk Song. Their Run, Old Jeremiah documents the ring shout, a religious practice stemming from slavery.

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Styles

• Afro-diasporic roots

Landmark tracks

• Run, Old Jeremiah (1934)

Sources

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