Backroads and Banjos with Art Rosenbaum on AM1690
Lawrence McKiver Memorial - Part 1
Art celebrates the life of Lawrence McKiver, the longtime lead songster for the McIntosh County Shouters, a Georgia group representing the last community in America to perform the traditional ring shout — a centuries-old black form of ecstatic worship that marries singing, percussion and movement. Having learned the tradition from his grandparents, who were former slaves, McKiver is responsible exposing the ring shout tradition to a whole new audience outside of the Coastal Georgia community of Bolden. Lawrence McKiver died at age 97 on March 25, 2013.