Overview
Vienna Carroll learned music from the Black Ladies of her youth including her fearsome great grandmother who enjoyed playing country guitar to Minnie Pearl and The Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night but only strictly Pentecostal chords on Sundays. Vienna formalized her cultural studies with a BA in African American Studies at Yale University. Vienna sings and tells the stories of Black Roots Music — the spirituals, work songs, prison blues, and sea shanties of her ancestors. This music was integral to their survival and well-being and carries their history in it.
She has a comprehensive program about the lives of black individuals in the age of sail: ShallowBrown.com
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General Information
2015
Yes
Contact Information
Vienna
Carroll
New York
NY
USA