when i first came across the web site for the movie Awake My Soul, i was struck. kenny sent it to me just two nights ago, and i still can't get that music to leave my head. i scoured the web site for further information on this "shape note singing" and almost mysterious, however historical, hymnal, the Sacred Harp. i then scoured the internet for further information on this type of singing, this type of worship. i love this artist's vision of shape note singing.

that music is so...haunting? spiritual? weird? freakish? beautiful? intriguing? i still can't find a good description for it. i almost told kenny that i wanted to up and take a long drive into the heart of the south to find a sacred harp singing group or church so we could experience first-hand this singing.

fortunately, kenny and i have the opportunity to attend a shape note singing workshop next weekend. i'm STOKED.

i hope we have the opportunity to see the film very soon, however it doesn't exist at netflix, and it doesn't seem to be on the local PBS schedule anytime soon (anyone reading this have a copy we could borrow?).

i'll report back on our experience. if anyone else reading this has shape note (or sacred harp) singing experience, please chime in!