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Dawn Pemberton & Moira Smiley - Oh Susannah

from DAS Volume Three: 2021, Seeing The Light by Various Artists

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O Susannah

A reframe of an influential folk song originally born of white supremacy. Asking the question... what if Black people were allowed to love like everyone else? " What if Black love could exist without hate and harm?” ”what if Black joy was allowed to exist and thrive without the violence of racism?” Dawn Pemberton (Canada’s “queen of soul”) reintroduces this most familiar of folk songs as a love story – in the face of its racist minstrel show history. Inspired by KJ Denhert’s arrangement, Pemberton sings Oh Susannah as a story of two Black people in love, without the freedom to be with each other. She shines light on Black love and humanity existing within the surreality of racism. This track is from Moira Smiley and VOCO's album, In Our Voices.

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from DAS Volume Three: 2021, Seeing The Light, released April 7, 2023
Dawn Pemberton - vocals
Moira Smiley - banjo, percussion, found sounds

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