Episode 0: The Voice, the Void

Episode 4: What We Had on Hand

EP 4: What We Had On Hand Annie and Annette follow their maternal line to cotton on to how their family has conjured abundance from what they had on hand. music Father I Stretch My Hand to Thee performed by Autreniece and Teena Ease My Troubling Mind traditional arr. by free feral poke salat, pluggin’ along, & change is a foot by free feral If It Wasn’t For the Lord performed by Annie and Connie Matter of Fact by free feral Well Well traditional arr. by free feral Sweet Ride by free feral Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve sSeen traditional arr. by free feral Walk With Me Lord performed by Autreniece Folsom and Annie Hollowell Let Jesus Lead You performed by Autreniece and Teena I Done Got Over performed by Autreniece and Teena deep down free feral For sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net [http://www.wearethepromisedland.net] This episode features Annie and Annette Hollowell, Autreniece Folsom, Corine Taylor, Gert McGee, Bessie Pegues, and Mattie Moore. Special thanks to Cory Diane for the tape sync. Sound design by Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs. We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity. We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

Episode 3: A Contract and a Memory of the Blood

Bill and Annette take stock of some sacrifices they’ve made to develop the land and negotiate a new approach. Music Lord Have Mercy On Me by Mississippi Fred McDowell courtesy of The Association for Cultural Equity Turner and Hooch, Waves and Depths, Regrets, You Can’t Help Who You Love, Moving On, Change is a Foot, Distillery, Miner Changes by free feral For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net [http://www.wearethepromisedland.net] Today’s Episode features Bill, Annie and Annette Hollowell, and Baba Femi with special appearances by Al, Mattie, Joseph, and Melvin. Sound design by Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs. We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity. We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

Episode 2: Parent Material

Bill, Annie, and Annette step back and look at how hospitality and community service make a part of their inheritance. Music Country meet cute by free feral Albert and Wilmer by free feral Come on Down by free feral Jam with Cam 2 by Cameron Jones and free feral Jam with Cam by Cameron Jones and free feral You Can’t Help Who You Love by free feral Walk in the Parlor by Lucius Smith & Sid Hemphill Courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity Clarksdale by Memphissippi Sounds Jam with Cam 3 by Cameron Jones and free feral Proper with God by free feral For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net [http://www.wearethepromisedland.net] Today’s episode features Bill, Annie, Annette, Al, Mattie, Vivian and Shenitha Hollowell, and Annie’s sister Connie. Sound design by muthi reed with assistance from Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs. We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity. We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

Episode 1: The Record

Annette heeds the call to return to the land and begins to dig into the Hill Country’s legacies. Music “deep down” by free feral “Jamma” by Cameron Jones and free feral “Gathering Speed” by Damian “Yella P” Pearson “Jumper on the line” by RL Burnside, courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity and Wixen “Foxfire” by Lightning Malcom, courtesy of the artist “History” by free feral “The Old Days” by Damian “Yella P” Pearson “History Repeats” by free feral “Pluggin Along” by free feral “Sweet Ride” by free feral Sounds and sources are available on our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net Today’s episode features Annette, Selah, Ida and Ruthie Hollowell and Rhondalyn Peairs. Sound design by muthi reed with assistance from Cedric Wilson who also mixed the episode. Our Virtual Altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest with photography by Jasmine B Johnson and Jai Williams. Our house historian is Rhondalyn Peairs. We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity. We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.

Episode 0: The Voice, the Void

Our host, free feral, sifts through memories of their father to find a connection to their hidden roots. Music: Ricochet, Smokestack, Waves and Depths, and Suite Maria written and performed by free feral “Gathering Speed” by Damion “Yella P” Pearson, recorded by muthi reed Abschied from Schwanengesang D957 by Franz Schubert, performed by Allen Bonet and Andrea Liguori For sound design sources as well as poems, photographs, and more visit our multimedia altar at www.wearethepromisedland.net [http://www.wearethepromisedland.net] We Are the Promised Land is produced by free feral, in collaboration with Annette Hollowell. Sound design for this episode by muthi reed assisted by Cedric Wilson; Cedric also mixed the episode. Our virtual altar was brought to life by Alleyha Dannett of Ancient Future Fourest, with photographs by Jasmine B. Johnson and Jai Williams. Special thanks to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the Mississippi Presenters’ Network, and to the Association for Cultural Equity. We Are the Promised Land is made possible by generous support from the National Performance Network, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Carpetbag Theater, The National Black Food and Justice Alliance, The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, The Panta Rhea Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Alternate Roots, The Big We Foundation, The Mississippi Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with financial assistance from the National Park Service and the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance.