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Privilege 5. we cannot leave

from Sound from the Bench by Ted Hearne & The Crossing

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Privilege was commissioned in 2009 by Volti (Robert Geary, artistic director)

lyrics

we cannot leave
this land of our ancestors
on this earth

we are being killed by the monster
on this earth

shuku shuku (the sound of the train)
i want to get on the train
to get on the train in the morning
i want
oh mother, it's leaving me behind!

("As'kwaz'ukuhamba," traditional Xhosa anti-apartheid song, translation by Patiswa Nombona and Mollie Stone, 2003)

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from Sound from the Bench, released March 24, 2017
performed by The Crossing (Donald Nally, conductor)
produced by Nick Tipp and Ted Hearne

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Ted Hearne Los Angeles, California

Ted Hearne is a composer, singer and bandleader.

The New York Times has praised. Hearne for his "tough edge and wildness of spirit," and "topical, politically sharp-edged works." Pitchfork called Hearne's work "some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory -- from any genre." ... more

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