Cat No:
SMU612
Format Details:
Release Date: 20 December 2024
Label: Smudged Discs
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5065001711121
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Description
'The Sun Does Shine' is a powerful musical work by Harvey Brough, with words by Justin Butcher, inspired by the autobiography Anthony Ray Hinton wrote about his long fight to prove his innocence.
In June 1988, Hinton was convicted by an Alabama court of two murders he did not commit, in one of the most shockingly cynical miscarriages of justice in US history. He spent the next 28 years on Death Row, before all charges were dropped and he was released.
It is both a journey into the heart of darkness and an astonishing story of friendship, resilience and hope. It was first performed at Hackney Empire, London with the approval of Hinton himself, who now campaigns for others betrayed by the criminal justice system.
The choir Vox Holloway's recording, under the direction of the composer was recorded in 2022. It features solo vocalists Wills Morgan, Christina Gill, Michael Henry and Clara Sanabras. Alongside leading musicians incuding guitarists Mike Outram and John Parricelli, violinist David le Page, pianist Liam Dunachie, bassist Tom Herbert and drummer Graham Instrall.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Prologue
- 2. All American - Hinton
- 3. Free to choose - Confession
- 4. Change is in the air
- 5. Arrest
- 6. Ridin' the road to Hell
- 7. A Good ol' fashioned Lynchin'
- 8. A man can't ride your back unless it's bent
- 9. O Death
- 10. Death Squad
- 11. Exit Perhacs - A time to die - Enter Sonenberg
- 12. Choice
- 13. Now let me fly
- 1. Henry
- 2. Thirty-one violations
- 3. Some kinda crazy progress
- 4. Book Club
- 5. Calling Bryan
- 6. Meeting Bryan
- 7. When?
- 8. Keep your head up
- 9. Shabby Crew
- 10. Motherless Child
- 11. Mr Hinton's assistant
- 12. Lester speaks
- 13. One last chance
- 14. Counting the dead
- 15. It is so ordered
- 16. Leaving Death Row
- 17. The Alabama sky
Disc 1
Side 1
Disc 2
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The Bells of Paradise - Christmas Songs, Old and New...
Harvey Brough
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Fugue To The Floating World
Clara Sanabras
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A Hum About Mine Ears
Clara Sanabras
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The Sun Does Shine
Harvey Brough
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Requiem in Blue / Valete in Pace
Harvey Brough
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El Vol Dispers - Songs of Spanish Exile
Clara Sanabras
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Thecla - An Oratorio
Harvey Brough
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Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire
Harvey Brough
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Harvey Brough
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Everything Must Change
Harvey Brough, Clara Sanabras & Christina Gill
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Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire
Harvey Brough
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Thecla - An Oratorio
Harvey Brough
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Harvey Brough
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