Description
At the urging of the Sacred Harp community, master-storyteller Buell Cobb has narrated the entirety of his most recent book, Like Cords Around My Heart. Spanning nearly fourteen hours, the audiobook takes listeners on a journey through the world of Sacred Harp that Cobb has traversed since the 1960s. The author’s inimitable voice brings to life the singers and singings of decades past in a memoir that is intensely poignant, always sharp, and often hilarious. A wealth of never-before-released historical and contemporary recordings of Sacred Harp singing enhance the experience, seamlessly bringing together the characters in the stories with the music that they loved.
The Like Cords audiobook is available in two different formats: as a box set and as a digital download.
- In addition to the complete audiobook on MP3 CDs, the box set package includes an abridged version on standard audio CDs for use in any audio system. The handsome box set package, which was designed by Lindy Groening, also includes a booklet featuring notes by the author, a preface by Nathan Rees, and a selection of historical photos.
- The digital download features the complete audiobook in downloadable MP3s.
As anyone can attest who has been lucky enough to hear Buell Cobb’s reminiscences first hand, the stories when spoken sparkle with a vibrancy impossible to distill onto a printed page.
—Nathan Rees
Listen to some sample selections:
From chapter 7, “Miss Ruth”
From chapter 8, “Dewey Williams”
From chapter 15, “Ed Thomas and Willie Mae”
From chapter 16, “Aunt Jewel”
From chapter 23, “Tat Bailey”