Songs in the Key of Free, by Songs in the Key of Free

Songs in the Key of Free

by Songs in the Key of Free

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Comes in a beautiful two pocket wallet case featuring incredible artwork by Akeil Robertson and photos by Gabriela Bulisova. Included along with the CD is a liner notes insert containing a comprehensive list of credits for the Songs in the Key of Free album.

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1.	Take a Knee (feat. Manchino Santiago & Zeek Burse) 03:30	info	buy track
2.	I Still Cry (feat. Bizzy Blackwell) 03:41	info	buy track
3.	Letter to My Queen (feat. Benjamin "Moose" Cooper) 03:44	info	buy track
4.	I Can’t Breathe (feat. Cody Stuhltrager & Olivia K) 03:47	info	buy track
5.	Freedom (feat. Bernard Lee & Jamaaladeen Tacuma) 06:44	info	buy track
6.	Rise (feat. Benjamin "Moose" Cooper & Oakdale Choir) 05:16	info	buy track
7.	Million Dollar Blocks (feat. Manchino Santiago & Jordan Smith) 04:42	info	buy track
8.	American Made (feat. Manchino Santiago & John Sheppard) 02:38	info	buy track
9.	Letter to My Son (feat. Paul Perry) 04:01	info	buy track
10.	The Garden (feat. Tom Schilk & Curtis Institute Musicians) 06:05	info	buy track
11.	I Refuse to Be Defined (feat. Darrell Jones) 05:17	info	buy track
12.	What These Hands Have Done (feat. Cody Stuhltrager & John Francis) 04:31	info	buy track
13.	How Do I Show You the Hole in My Heart? (feat. Darnell "Seven" Scott & Jennifer Fouché) 04:25	info	buy track
14.	Vigil (feat. Cody Stuhltrager & Curtis Institute Musicians) 04:59	info	buy track
15.	Key of Free (feat. Bernard Lee & Manchino Santiago) 03:39	info	buy track
16.	Welcome Home (feat. Paul Perry & Darrell Jones) 03:29	info	buy track

about

This album is unique in many ways: it is a concept album addressing mass incarceration that was conceived and written over three years inside a maximum-security prison; it is a multi-artist inside-outside collaboration expressly designed to make a powerful and sustaining intervention in the way Americans view those who are incarcerated, and to convey the talent, dignity, and humanity of people who have been justice-involved.

Yes, this album is rare: it is a love letter from the Songs community on the outside to those on the inside, but it is also their love letter to all of us, their opportunity to give testament to what is rarely spoken or even permitted in our culture: a chance to repair and to make amends for harm done. You will hear that testament expressed by voices that, in some cases, have not been heard in 40+ years, and you will hear it incarnated in cri de coeurs, in love songs, hip-hop, jazz, ballads, protest songs and anthems.

Songs in the Key of Free was founded on a core principle: Music summons us to our elemental goodness. This album is the purest testament to that claim in that it gives all of us, including the entire community of Songs—musicians, songwriters, producers, videographers, illustrators, photographers—a chance to reclaim the goodness that has been denied us, no matter what we’ve done or what’s been done to us.—August Tarrier, Founder and Director of Songs in the Key of Free

credits

released December 2, 2022

Album produced by Rench
Inside the prison: Producer, Brendan McGeehan; Audio engineer: Jordan Rhode
Album cover art: Akeil Robertson
CD design: Sam Caccamo
CD designed using assets from Freepik.com
Photo credits: Gabriela Bulisova