Album Party a Smash Success!
We all had a fantastic time at the Album Release Party on Friday, March 6, 2020, at the American Folk Art Museum. Vienna Carroll and The Folk played songs from their new album, Harlem Field Recordings, plus older crowd folk favorites. Enjoy the photos and videos!
Harlem Field Recordings American Folk Art Museum
Listen and Purchase Harlem Field Recordings at viennacarrollmusic.com
“Harlem Field Recordings” CD Release Party
Friday, March 6, 2020,
5:30 – 7:15 pm,
American Folk Art Museum,
2 Lincoln Square (corner of W. 66th St. & Columbus Ave.),
New York, NY,
Take 1 train to 66th St. stop and walk one block east
See map/directions
I’ll be with my string band and we’ll be having lots of fun. Spirituals, work songs, prison blues, and sea chanteys – exuberant, roots and funky. Stanley Banks (George Benson) on bass, Keith Johnston (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Jon Hendricks) on guitar and Newman Taylor Baker (Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Henry Grimes) on washboard.
Come on out. Sing along. Admission is free. CDs for sale!
Gorgeous CD artwork by Ken Daley.
Vienna Carroll at the American Folk Art Museum
“What a voice!
This evening, awesome Vienna Carroll gave a free concert at the American Folk Art Museum. Accompanied by 2 guitarists [Keith Johnson and Stanley Banks] and a washboard percussionist [Newman Taylor], she got everyone singing folk, gospel, spiritual, call & response, and prison labor songs, and deftly wove in stories of resistance to a range of oppressions (slavery, racist police violence, distortions of history). She gave a shout-out to social media as a tool to expose injustice. Her rendition of the lament-lullaby “Hush Little Baby” was beyond heartbreaking. Intense, informative, inspiring.”
– Review by Pam McAllister
Newman Taylor, Keith Johnston, Vienna Carroll and Stanley Banks
Vienna Carroll: Duo, Trio, Band
Duo, Trio, Band…we love to groove and entertain you! We perform everywhere from local Harlem nursing homes, to libraries, to small and large museums, outdoor music festivals, and corporate events in the tri-state region. We have shows focusing on jazz, Black Roots Music, slave work songs, Black History Month presentations, popular songs and more. And of course, we love clubs, bars and restaurants. Make your event a extra special one, contact me to discuss the possibilities.
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- Vienna as Duo at Mt. Vernon Public Library
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- Vienna and Keith at the Cooperage
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- Vienna & Band at Newark Museum
Contact: vienna@viennacarroll.com
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Vienna Carroll has written a popular, award-winning musical about an enslaved family escaping on the underground railroad to the York County, Pennsylvania area. See Singin Wid A Sword In Ma Han.