 | A Different Picture of Reality from Tokens 2: "Jubilee: Land, Greed & Grace in American Folk" | |
"... The world whence the Hebrew slaves came had a particular definition of reality. In Egypt, the powerful, the Pharoah expropriated the labor and wealth of the masses of the poor. No rest for the weary, no time to recreate or worship. [...] This was the ethic of Pharoah, a reality propped up by theological, political, and social convention. In contrast, the freed Hebrews would practice Sabbath rest, in explicit contrast to the way of Egypt...." |
 | Displacement from Tokens 1: "The Appalachian Longing for Home" | |
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"In these old Appalachian songs we hear the longing for a new place, a new home. So many of those early country songs with Appalachian roots are songs of displacement. Songs of having no home, no place at the table, without work, without community. No place, no people, no name, no home. One finds lyrics such as these repeatedly in the Biblical canon too...." |
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