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“From a cappella and delicately inflected tenor ornamentation to a hypnotic basso profundo chant; from an urgent rap about a singer’s remorse to a hopeful choral outburst: this is inspirational music, triumphant rather than beaten down and defeated.”
— BBC Music

“Captures radiant voices rejoicing in the freedom of creative expression.”
— MOJO

“A rare document that plunges straight into the heart of another America.”
— Libération (France)

Another Mississippi Sunday Morning is the poignant sequel to Some Mississippi Sunday Morning (2023), the prison-recorded gospel album that was met with unexpected global acclaim by the likes of the New York Times, The Guardian, the New Yorker, and BBC (just to name a few).

In early 2024 Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ustad Saami, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, The Good Ones [Rwanda]) returned to the Parchman Farm maximum security facility in the Mississippi to record a second collection of raw and haunting performances from the prison’s Sunday gospel service. The results are once again captivating and unforgettable.

Twelve men participated in the new recording session, ranging in age from 23 to 74. Three are serving life sentences and six of them were newer arrivals or not on the debut album. There were no guards or chaplains present this time.

Like the first album, all songs were first takes, recorded 100% live and without overdubs. The session took four hours, twice the length of time Brennan was alotted for Some Mississippi Sunday Morning. This time the singers knew what to expect and some came to the session with pre-prepared material.

“Certain people who were involved the first time became very prominent this time,” Brennan says. “They were also more motivated to write their own songs, so a lot of them ha.......
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