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Jul 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary The Blind Boys of Alabama

Veteran gospel ensemble The Blind Boys of Alabama have been performing together for over seven decades. Playing shows for World War II-era soldiers at training camps in the South, benefits for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement, it has only been within the past ten years that they sightless vocal group started to achieve their highest level of mainstream success, earning numerous Grammy awards and getting to collaborate with all kinds of established artists. The latest to become a fan of The Blind Boys is Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon, who invited the group to record their newest LP I’ll Find A Way at his Wisconsin recording studio. With Vernon serving at the record’s producer, the upcoming full-length also features guest contribution by the likes of Sam Amidon, My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden, tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus, White Hinterland’s Casey Dienel, Patty Griffin, and Vernon himself. Scroll down below view the record’s tracklist. I’ll Find A Way is due out Oct. 1 on Sony Masterworks.

I’ll Find A Way:

God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud
I’ll Find A Way (To Carry It All) feat. Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond
I Am Not Waiting Anymore feat. Sam Amidon
I Shall Not Be Moved
Take Me To The Water
I’ve Been Searching feat. Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table) feat. Casey Dienel of White Hinterland
Take your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
Every Grain Of Sand feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver
My God Is Real
Jubilee feat. Patty Griffin

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