Various Artists - Can You Hear God Crying? (DVD)

Performance of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spiritatorio' which features jazz, gospel and chamber music alongside West African prayers and songs. The story explores the trials and triumphs of African-American life using the experience of Lokumbe's great-grandfather who was forced to board a slave ship for a new land. Dirk Brossé conducts the Liberation Music Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Among the performers are soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme, tenor Rodrick Dixon and Afghan rubâb player Homayun Sakhk.