We Are the Promised Land
Nestled upon 80 acres in the Mississippi Hill Country is a little family business called Foxfire Ranch. Keeping with the local traditions of Sunday night juke joints, the Hollowells have hosted Blues shows at Foxfire for nearly two decades; the land, however, has been in their family for more than a hundred years. For the last decade, Annette has been collaborating with her parents, Bill and Annie, to turn their homey family event venue into a destination for artists and organizers throughout the South and beyond. She knows her vision requires a great deal of collaboration not only with her living...
Episode 5: The Understory
From moonshine to Mollie Barr, we read the mycelial pathways of marronage in Hill Country clay. Then the kids talk business, imagine the past and future of the Ranch.
Music
Black Mattie performed by Napoleon Strickland courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity
Othar Turner & Rising Star Fife and Drum Band : 2 of 9 , 1978 courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity
maroon, distillery, minor changes, heavy hitter, change is a foot, boony tune, machinations, and deep down by free feral
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve...
Episode 4: What We Had on Hand
EP 4: What We Had On Hand
Annie and Annette follow their maternal line to cotton on to how their family has conjured abundance from what they had on hand.
music
Father I Stretch My Hand to Thee performed by Autreniece and Teena
Ease My Troubling Mind traditional arr. by free feral
poke salat, pluggin’ along, & change is a foot by free feral
If It Wasn’t For the Lord performed by Annie and Connie
Matter of Fact by free feral
Well Well traditional arr...
Episode 3: A Contract and a Memory of the Blood
Bill and Annette take stock of some sacrifices they’ve made to develop the land and negotiate a new approach.
Music
Lord Have Mercy On Me by Mississippi Fred McDowell courtesy of The Association for Cultural Equity
Turner and Hooch, Waves and Depths, Regrets, You Can’t Help Who You Love, Moving On, Change is a Foot, Distillery, Miner Changes by free feral
For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net
Today’s Episode features Bill, Annie and Annett...
Episode 2: Parent Material
Bill, Annie, and Annette step back and look at how hospitality and community service make a part of their inheritance.
Music
Country meet cute by free feral
Albert and Wilmer by free feral
Come on Down by free feral
Jam with Cam 2 by Cameron Jones and free feral
Jam with Cam by Cameron Jones and free feral
You Can’t Help Who You Love by free feral
Walk in the Parlor by Lucius Smith & Sid Hemphill Courtesy of the As...
Episode 1: The Record
Annette heeds the call to return to the land and begins to dig into the Hill Country’s legacies.
Music
“deep down” by free feral
“Jamma” by Cameron Jones and free feral
“Gathering Speed” by Damian “Yella P” Pearson
“Jumper on the line” by RL Burnside, courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity and Wixen
“Foxfire” by Lightning Malcom, courtesy of the artist
“History” by free feral
“The Old Days” by Damian “Yella P” Pearson
“History Repeats” by free feral
“Pluggin Along” by free feral<...
Episode 0: The Voice, the Void
Our host, free feral, sifts through memories of their father to find a connection to their hidden roots.
Music:
Ricochet, Smokestack, Waves and Depths, and Suite Maria written and performed by free feral
“Gathering Speed” by Damion “Yella P” Pearson, recorded by muthi reed
Abschied from Schwanengesang D957 by Franz Schubert, performed by Allen Bonet and Andrea Liguori
For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net
We Are the Prom...
We Are the Promised Land Trailer
Nestled upon 80 acres in the Mississippi Hill Country is a little family business called Foxfire Ranch. Keeping with the local traditions of Sunday night juke joints, the Hollowells have hosted Blues shows at Foxfire for nearly two decades; the land, however, has been in their family for more than a hundred years. For the last decade, Annette has been collaborating with her parents, Bill and Annie, to turn their homey family event venue into a destination for artists and organizers throughout the South and beyond. She knows her vision requires a great deal of collaboration not only with her...
