| Songs of Our Native Daughters | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Our Native Daughters | |
| Released | February 22, 2019[1] |
| Genre | Americana, folk |
| Length | 52:13 |
| Label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Producer | Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell |
Songs of Our Native Daughters is the debut Americana/folk album by four North American singer-songwriters collaborating as Our Native Daughters. The group includes Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell. The album was released on the Smithsonian Folkways label in early 2019.
Songs of Our Native Daughters addresses American historical issues that have influenced the identity of black women, including slavery, racism, and sexism. The album features 13 songs, 11 of them written by the group's members. It also includes a cover of a 1970s Bob Marley classic and a song that draws its lyrics from two poems.[2]
The album was co-produced by Giddens, who conceived the project, and Dirk Powell, who holds four Grammy Awards and has worked with Giddens on previous albums.[1] It was recorded in 10 days at Powell's studio in a pre-Civil War building outside Lafayette, Louisiana.[3]
- ^ a b Monger, James Christopher. "Our Native Daughters: Songs of Our Native Daughters". AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ Giddens, Rhiannon (Introduction); Powell, Dirk (Producer's Note); Track Notes by group members/producer (2019). Borden, Carla (ed.). "Liner Notes: Songs of Our Native Daughters" (pdf). folkways.si.edu. Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 21, 2019). "How Our Native Daughters Reimagine Folk Song Narratives". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 2, 2019.