Paul Robeson and Wales

[watervole]

I recently bought a CD of Paul Robeson, mostly to get his rendition of 'Old Man River'. However the really outstanding song on the CD was 'Land of my Fathers'. Which kind of left me wondering why an American negro, who died while I was still young, could sing a Welsh national song with such incredible passion and love.

waveney mentioned a documentary he'd recently heard on the radio about an association that began when Robeson befriended some unemployed miners in London and carried on for most of the rest of his life.

http://www.agor.org.uk/cwm/themes/Life/international_relations/paul_robeson.asp

That's only a brief version of the story, but I fully recommend listening to the song (The CD only cost £2 in the Edinburgh Woollen Mill...)

Comments

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

I've got a Paul Robeson CD, but the spirituals are so mournful I can hardly bear to listen to it.

[mutoid.livejournal.com]

We had a signed photo of him on the wall in my Secondary school - he was/is a huge hero in the Rhondda because of his support for the miners in the national strikes of the early 2oth century.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Robeson was a wonderful singer (among his many other talents). One advantage of being a pink-diaper baby was getting to hear a lot of his music.

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

Argh!
I promised to buy that cd for Mum - she found the tape of it at Cob Records in Porthmadog, then didn't buy it and when she went back for it, it had gone, but she couldn't remember what it was called - all she could tell me was that the first track was Trees.
Is that the CD you bought?
Could you give me the CD details (like an ISBN number, there must be a code number or at least the CD name)

FF who will be very grateful.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

THis one does not have Trees. It is "The best of Paul Robeson"

I would try Amazon. There are lots of Paul Robeson CDS there and they have track listings for many of them.