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On Jan. 31st, 2016, Rev. Sekou and the Holy Ghost released their debut album, “The Revolution Has Come”. This movement suite was produced by St. Louis based record label, FarFetched in collaboration with The Fellowship of Reconciliation and Eloveate Music. Recorded in Saint Louis in mid-November, over 30 musicians, engineers, and vocalists from around the country brought this project into being. The 9-track project celebrates the gutbucket blues, gospel, soul, and funk at once. The single, “We Coming”—a protest anthem—features the 8-piece Saint Boogie Brass Brand. Harmonic, rock guitar, and a B3 Hammond organ carry the listener to protest ecstasy. Based on chants from the streets, the song reminds the powers that be that movement is here to stay. “We Coming” is a both party and protest. The mournful track “Goodbye Baby”— A Elegy for the Mothers of the Martyred—embodies slave field hollers, and 1960s Hard blues. The stolen lives of trans folks are remembered in Jay-Marie Hill’s heart-wrenching ballad—“Past Time”. War, Eros, and redemption are captured in “Hell No”, “Sanctified”, and “Welcome Home.” The sonic landscape of “The Revolution Has Come” captures the toil of southern field hands, grieving mothers’ wails, the vibrancy of contemporary street protest, backwoods juke joints, and shotgun churches—all driven by a funk bass line.
About the Band
The sound of Rev. Sekou and the Holy Ghost—featuring Jay-Marie Hil— is a symphony of gospel, blues, soul, funk and freedom songs. Laced with religious and racy lyrics--sanctified blues-- their music was born of struggle. The two met at The Movement for Black Lives gathering this summer, when Rev. Sekou washed pepper spray off Jay-Marie's face in the aftermath of a protest that rescued a 14 year old boy from police custody. In August 2015 they reunited during Janelle Monáe's protest tour and found themselves penning a full album in less than a week.
The Rev. Sekou is a third generation Pentecostal preacher and long time organizer, author and activist, grounded in the tradition of the Arkansas Delta Blues. His grandfather played piano in juke joints for the legends including B.B. King, Albert King, and Louis Jordan.
Singer-Songwriter and #SayHerName activist Jay-Marie is San Francisco Bay Area born and raised, an active member of the Black Lives Matter Bay Area Chapter, and bassist/saxophonist for the San Francisco/Oakland based band Bones of a Feather.
About the Band
The sound of Rev. Sekou and the Holy Ghost—featuring Jay-Marie Hil— is a symphony of gospel, blues, soul, funk and freedom songs. Laced with religious and racy lyrics--sanctified blues-- their music was born of struggle. The two met at The Movement for Black Lives gathering this summer, when Rev. Sekou washed pepper spray off Jay-Marie's face in the aftermath of a protest that rescued a 14 year old boy from police custody. In August 2015 they reunited during Janelle Monáe's protest tour and found themselves penning a full album in less than a week.
The Rev. Sekou is a third generation Pentecostal preacher and long time organizer, author and activist, grounded in the tradition of the Arkansas Delta Blues. His grandfather played piano in juke joints for the legends including B.B. King, Albert King, and Louis Jordan.
Singer-Songwriter and #SayHerName activist Jay-Marie is San Francisco Bay Area born and raised, an active member of the Black Lives Matter Bay Area Chapter, and bassist/saxophonist for the San Francisco/Oakland based band Bones of a Feather.
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