NEVER-BEFORE-RECORDED SONGS!!! And, NOTE: I refer to Amanda as "African-American and Swedish" as a quick way to describe her heritage. I'm not saying she's American or that she's not a Brit! She was very British indeed. My book, with its chapter on Amanda Ira Aldridge: https://www.valleypressuk.com/book/126/she_wrote_the_songs A story and a filmed read-through featuring Andrea … [Read more...]
Amanda Aldridge – Little Missie Cakewalk 1908
https://www.patreon.com/patriciahammond Dedicated to Aida Overton Walker and Louisa Gaston, and the company of "In Dahomey", who came to England with the Cakewalk in 1903. They inspired this song, written by multi-talented British composer of colour Amanda Aldridge in 1908. Learn more about Amanda Aldridge (pseudonym Montague Ring) here: https://youtu.be/_Guk9WGvXGA And here's … [Read more...]
Azalea – Amanda Aldridge (Montague Ring) 1907
Celebrating a playful and exotic love song with words and music by multi-talented woman of colour Amanda Aldridge, written in 1907. Filmed at the Clarendon with Matt Redman on zither banjo, and Andrea Kmecova on the piano. Read about Amanda, who composed under the pseudonym of Montague Ring, in my book "She Wrote the Songs" … [Read more...]
Amanda Aldridge Little Missie Cakewalk
In honour of today's Google Doodle, our live performance of Amanda Aldridge's Little Missie Cakewalk. For more about Amanda see https://valleypressuk.com/book/126/she_wrote_the_songs Patricia Hammond, mezzo https://patriciahammond.com/ Andrea Kmecova, piano https://andreakmecova.com/ Matt Redman, zither banjo http://matt-redman.co.uk/ Other videos featuring Amanda Aldridge on … [Read more...]