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Cooch's Bridge: Voices of Resilience | R&B Music News
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Drummer and educator Jonathan Whitney drops a hauntingly beautiful new album, “Cooch’s Bridge: The African-American Presence,” honoring the lives of enslaved and free Black people who lived near Delaware’s only Revolutionary War battlefield. Blending jazz, R&B, and Afro-diasporic rhythms, the project humanizes these figures—mothers, fathers, artists—as more than their struggles, with tracks like “We’re Free” and the powerful “Say Their Names.” Commissioned by historic preservationists and premiered at Opera Delaware, it’s already traveled to California, bringing overlooked stories to life. Whitney, raised on the battlefield’s land and a veteran of major historical music projects, weaves meticulous archival research into soulful soundscapes that celebrate resilience and dignity.
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