THE B-SIDE: Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons (A Record Album Interpretation)
The Wooster Group, September 5-8, 2019: THE B-SIDE: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” (A Record Album Interpretation)
“THE B-SIDE is based on the 1965 LP “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,” which features work songs, blues, spirituals, preaching, and toasts from inmates in Texas’ then-segregated agricultural prison farms. The album was brought to The Wooster Group by performer Eric Berryman after he saw the Group’s previous record album interpretation EARLY SHAKER SPIRITUALS.”
Video archive of The B-Side performances here.
Additional reading:
New York Theatre, March 7, 2019: THE B-SIDE: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,” A Record Album Interpretation
The New York Times, October 31, 2017: Review: ‘The B-Side’ Is an Extraordinary Masterclass in Listening
