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	American Masters . Sweet Honey in the Rock \| PBS (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		At a concert of Sweet Honey, even before they open their mouths to sing, one is struck by the elegant, and yes, beautiful attire of the singers.
		Another Sweet Honey device is the folk choral response composed of a single statement presented in perpetual motion behind the soloists.
		Sweet Honey works in the tradition of such groups as The Roberta Martin Singers and The Caravans, groups in which each singer was also a soloist.
	www.pbs.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wnet/americanmasters/database/sweet_honey_in_the_rock.html (1765 words)

	About Sweet Honey In The Rock
		The metaphor of sweet honey in the rock captures completely these African American women whose repertoire is steeped in the sacred music of the Black church, the clarion calls of the civil rights movement, and songs of the struggle for justice everywhere.
		Sweet Honey invites her audiences to open their minds and hearts and think about who we are and what we do to one another and to our fellow creatures on this planet.
		Sweet Honey’s 31st season promises to be as full as the last, and on the horizon is the much anticipated PBS airing of Sweet Honey In The Rock: Raise Your Voice, Emmy
	www.sweethoney.com /aboutshir.html (419 words)

	Sweet Honey in the Rock - Biography - AOL Music
		The strength of Sweet Honey lies within her repertoire rooted in the tradition of African congregational choral style and its many extensions.
		A Sweet Honey in the Rock concert is a transforming experience, drenching audiences with harmonies.
		The women of Sweet Honey sing fiercely of being fighters, tenderly of being in love, and knowingly of being women.
	music.aol.com /artist/sweet-honey-in-the-rock/3179/biography (430 words)

	Sweet Honey in the Rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African American a cappella ensemble that has been producing music for more than 30 years.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock was founded in 1973 by Bernice Johnson Reagon who formed the group out of the strongest singers from a vocal workshop she was teaching with the D.C. Black Repertory Company.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock has received several Grammy Award nominations, including one for their children's album Still the Same Me which received the Silver Award from the National Association of Parenting Publications.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweet_Honey_in_the_Rock (316 words)

	Where We Live: Sweet Honey In the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Today, thirty years later, Sweet Honey In The Rock is a Grammy® Award-winning, African American female a cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the African American church - spirituals, hymns, traditional gospel.
		Even though Sweet Honey has made a deep imprint in her work, Toshi evolved her own instrumental-based sound, staying true to creating a generational sound that maintained strong traces of her foundation.
		Sweet Honey’s 30th anniversary year will be the subject of a new film produced and directed by independent filmmaker Stanley Nelson, recent recipient of a Macarthur Fellowship Award ‘genius grant’.
	www.wherewelive.org /cd/bio_sweet_honey.htm (888 words)

	Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Series: Upcoming Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Sweet Honey in the Rock is an a capella ensemble of six African American women that transcends the technologically enhanced music of the day.
		Sweet Honey is brought into being through the powerful gift of five distinctive voices, an array of hand and foot percussion instruments and the skilled hands of an American Sign Language interpreter to deliver her compelling message of song.
		Throughout the years, Sweet Honey has honored her name and her heritage with a rock-solid message and an exquisite sound.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /mlk/sweethoney.html (449 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock
		The beginning of Sweet Honey In The Rock is discovered in the life and times of Bernice Johnson Reagon, the founding and only consistent member of the group.
		Bernice is quoted saying, "I feel Sweet Honey as a woman with a single voice created out of many voices and when we walk off the stage, she really isn't there." None the less that single voice does have a beginning.
		Sweet Honey are exemplars of the African-American habit of modifying the staid hymns of European tradition with improvisation, which gives renewed life to songs that so often have had it squeezed out of them by mere repetitious formality.
	www.singers.com /sweethoney.html (2769 words)

	Ink 19 :: Sweet Honey in the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Gospel According to Sweet Honey in the Rock
		Sweet Honey operates as a voice and energy in a board culture and it is different.
		Throughout Sweet Honey in the Rock’s history there is an emphasis on call and response, between singers, as well as between the group and the audience, that stresses the importance of community.
	www.ink19.com /issues/february2003/interviews/sweetHoneyInRock.html (1852 words)

	Sweet Honey From the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		"Sweet Honey" is a collection of meditations inspired by God, and written as encouragement for women of faith.
		"Sweet Honey" is anointed balm for the spirit and healing for the soul.
		I pray that "Sweet Honey" will take you to another level in your worship of the Lord, and your relationship with Him.
	home.att.net /~jdixon/honey.html (64 words)

	Amherst College : News & Events: News Releases : Sweet Honey in the Rock
		A Sweet Honey in the Rock concert is an a cappella experience unlike most others: beyond the group’s interwoven parts and complicated harmonies is an intention to inform and illuminate that never becomes preachy or didactic.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock is a six-person group, with five singers and a sign-language translator.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock has a Website at http://www.sweethoney.com.
	www.amherst.edu /~pubaff/news/news_releases/02/sweethoney02.html (463 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Sweet Honey in the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Sweet Honey in the Rock's enduring connection with the gay and lesbian community dates back to a 1977 California tour arranged by feminist activist Amy Horowitz.
		While only one member of Sweet Honey was self-identified as a lesbian (Evelyn Maria Harris, who sang with the group for eighteen years), the experience of working with and performing for political lesbians led Reagon to write songs specifically about women loving women and to reevaluate the group's overall political mission.
		Solidifying their relationship with the lesbian community, Sweet Honey has also performed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, the legendary annual women-only music festival.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/sweet_honey_in_rock.html (655 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The basis for how I express myself musically is Sweet Honey, a fantastic support system and fertile ground for ideas that help us as members grow within the group structure.
		Sweet Honey is that way, is that path.
		"Sweet Honey concerts are complex, they are actually conversations, and therefore we perform with a consciousness of the experience and exchange with the audience.
	www.rykodisc.com /RykoInternal/Features/361/Freedom.htm (1330 words)

	Sweet Honey in the Rock - smh.com.au
		In the absence of such generosity, this remarkable live recording (78 minutes, 14 tracks, all recorded by ABC Radio National at the Melbourne Concert Hall during the group's tours of Australia in 1994, 1996 and 2000) is a worthy substitute.
		The greatness of Sweet Honey in the Rock lies in a strange confluence of powerful forces.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock's 30th Anniversary Tour reaches Sydney Opera House on August 24.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/26/1027497414789.html (433 words)

	About Sweet Honey in the Rock
		Sweet Honey In The Rock is a Grammy® Award-winning African- American female a cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the fl church spirituals, hymns, gospel as well as jazz and blues.
		Sweet Honey In The Rock is both a continuance and an expansion of the work of those earlier groups.
		Sweet Honey conveys her message with not only new songs, but old songs, not only new struggles, but old struggles.
	www.earthbeatrecords.com /sweethoney/shirbio.html (1021 words)

	PBS Previews \| American Masters "Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice"
		The song was the first Sweet Honey tune to hit the airwaves and, ironically, it wasn't played by a DJ, but by a news department.
		"Sweet Honey in the Rock is a group of very potent, talented, outspoken women who give their all at every concert," says producer/director Stanley Nelson.
		The songs in Sweet Honey's repertoire speak to a broad range of subjects, to war and peace, to the experiences of ancestors and to the efforts of world leaders.
	www.pbs.org /previews/american_masters_sweethoney (1300 words)

	Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN, Sweet Honey in the Rock
		Sweet Honey in the Rock will be in Minneapolis to celebrate their 30th anniversay and the release of their new CD -- The Women Gather.
		Produced by Toshi Reagon, a solo artist and the daughter of Sweet Honey founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, these songs relate history, point the finger at injustice, encourage activism and sing the praises of love.
		Join Sweet Honey as they revisit traditional African- American sacred songs with reverance and passion and add their own boldy original explorations of what "sacred" means today.
	www.amazonfembks.com /features/sweethoney.html (621 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock
		Sweet Honey is now a sextet, welcoming to the group two singers, Louise Robinson and Arnaé, both of whom had been part of the Sweet Honey family in the past.
		Nitanju Bolade Casel first came to Sweet Honey after four years of studying, performing, and cultural organization in Dakar, Senegal, where she was co-founder with Marie Guinier of ADEA (Artistes des Échanges Africaines).
		She is Sweet Honey In The Rock’s strongest blues singer.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_8757.html (1440 words)

	A&L News Release - Sweet Honey in the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The ensemble, with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the fl church—spirituals, hymns, gospel—as well as jazz and blues, join their powerful voices, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics, movement and narrative that point the finger at injustice, encourage activism, and sing the praises of love.
		In fall 2003 the Smithsonian Institution honored Sweet Honey in the Rock by requesting a donation of artifacts from the group for its permanent collection.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock is presented by UCSB Arts and Lectures and sponsored by KCSB 91.9 FM and the Franciscan Inn.
	www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu /archive/2004-2005/pr/honey.asp (745 words)

	Sweet Honey in the Rock
		The women who comprise Sweet Honey are more than entertainers.
		And it is the activist’s fervor and sense of urgency that fuels their sometimes tender and often explosive musical drive.
		Sweet Honey members continuously evolve as musicians, composers, arrangers, singers, and storytellers, retaining an unmistakable quality of sound, yet always sounding fresh.
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_6446.html (168 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Sweet Honey experience is like no other.
		Five African-American women join their powerful voices in the sacred music of the fl church - spirituals, hymns, Gospel - as well as Jazz and Blues, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics, movement and narrative.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock, formed in 1973, celebrates 30 years of unique and beautiful music, and graces Staller Center for a night of excitement and harmony.
	www.staller.sunysb.edu /0304/honey.html (122 words)

	Amazon.com: Selections 1976-1988: Music: Sweet Honey in the Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In This Land ~ Sweet Honey In The Rock
		Sweet Honey in the Rock — Your direct source for Sweet Honey in the Rock CDs & DVD- 30% off MSRP.
		Sweet Honey in the Rock gives any song, both new and old, its own charm and artistry.
	www.amazon.com /Selections-1976-1988-Sweet-Honey-Rock/dp/B000000MW8 (786 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock
		Six African American women join their powerful voices, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics, movement and narrative that variously relate history, point the finger at injustice, encourage activism, and sing the praises of love.
		After 30 years of leading and singing with the ensemble, Dr. Reagon retired from Sweet Honey in February 2004.
		Sweet Honey In The Rock: In This Land
	store.musicforlittlepeople.com /sw.html (251 words)

	DC Vote - Music from Sweet Honey In The Rock
		Sweet Honey In The Rock - one of DC Vote's 2004 Champions of Democracy - have made these inspirational and passionate songs to call for an end to taxation without representation in the District of Columbia.
		Give The People Their Right To Vote by Sweet Honey In The Rock.
		Please visit Sweet Honey In The Rock's Web site for more information on this incredible group of African American a capella singers.
	www.dcvote.org /events/sweethoney.cfm (177 words)

	SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
		Sweet Honey In The Rock is a Grammy Award-winning African American female a cappella ensemble with deep roots in the sacred music of the Black church, spirituals, hyms, gospels as well as jazz and blues.
		Five African American women join their powerful voices, along with hand percussion instruments, to create a blend of lyrics, movents and narrative that variously relate history, point the finger at justice, encourage activism, and sing the praises of love.
		The music of Sweet Honey speaks out against oppression and exploitation of every kind.
	www.ymbarnwell.com /SHIR1.htm (125 words)

	NPR : Sweet Honey in the Rock's Sacred Music Roots (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hear Sweet Honey in the Rock Perform for 'Talk of the Nation'
		News & Notes, November 11, 2005 ·; Sweet Honey in the Rock is a Grammy Award-winning, African-American female a cappella ensemble.
		Ed Gordon talks to founding member Carol Maillard about the group's unique sound, which is rooted in the hymns, gospel music and spirituals of the fl church, as well as jazz and blues.
	www.npr.org.cob-web.org:8888 /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008943 (166 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock Discography
		Sweet Honey balances improvisation with planned arranging, so the songs oscillate between spontaneously interwoven voices and powerful waves of vocal harmony.
		With their return to the musical roots of African-American religious music, Sweet Honey permeates this album with a reverence that reverberates through every song.
		Geared toward younger audiences, this Sweet Honey recording features songs drawn from the experiences of group member Bernice Johnson Reagon, who is a scholar of African-American children's lore from the South.
	www.singers.com /sweethoneytitles.html (531 words)

	Sweet Honey In The Rock (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Free parking for WCS events is available on the streets surrounding Immanuel, and in the lot behind the Medical Arts Building at located at 19 Woodland Street.
		Thirty three years after their founding, Sweet Honey in the Rock is as much in demand today as ever.
		To fully serve the Hartford Community, a partnership for this concert has been formed with the Artists Collective, a multi-arts cultural organization in Hartford, Sweet Honey in the Rock is under the management of ICM Artists, New York.
	www.woodlandconcertseries.org.cob-web.org:8888 /sweethoneyintherock.htm (212 words)

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