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01. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Some Kind Of New Beginning
02. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - One Mother, Two Hearts
03. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Thank God, I Made It Through The Night
04. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - I Built Two Boats To Take Me To The Sea
05. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Villages Swallowed By The Floods
06. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Please, Save Me
07. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Sweet River (The Government Drowned Our Village For The Dam)
08. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Goodbye, We Will Never Meet Again
09. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Death Rites Riverside
10. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - When I Go To Sleep
11. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - We Lost Someone Close To Us Again
12. Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - Ancestor Call
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TITLE
Where the River Bends Is Only the Beginning
FORMAT
CD

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GB 144CD GB 144CD
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RELEASE DATE
1/26/2024

Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) are a brother duo -- Dwight Sampie and Robert Jabini -- who write and perform flowing acoustic songs sung in Saramaccan, the language from the Americas with the most African elements. Their debut album was recorded in situ by Grammy winner Ian Brennan (Parchman Prison Prayer, Ustad Saami, The Good Ones) along a remote riverside in the Amazon region of Suriname. The lyrics are topical and reference everyday strife such as the rising tides and floods in the area due to global warming. Their bone raw songs and performances evoke heart-worn longing, a deep sense of place and a strange familiarity. As if Merle Haggard had been raised in the Amazon rather than Bakersfield. Where the River Bends Is Only the Beginning is the 12th release in Glitterbeat's acclaimed Hidden Musics series.