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Black Artists Take On Jewish Songs for Black Sabbath (A Top Story)

06/23/2010
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Black Artists Take On Jewish Songs for Black Sabbath was a top story. Here it is again: The new Black Sabbath CD is not the latest offering from the godfathers of heavy metal, it is the first compilation of black artists covering Jewish songs.

Focusing on the 1930s through the 1960s, it uses popular music to shed light on the historical, political, spiritual, economic, and cultural connections between African Americans and Jewish Americans.

Featuring Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and many others, Black Sabbath explores the myriad ways that Jews and African-Americans have coalesced and clashed, struggled against each other and struggled alongside each other. This is the soundtrack to a rarely told American story. The CD, produced by the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation, is set for September 14, 2010 release. - more on this story

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