Took Them Away by Dear Reader
“Having found out that that just around the corner from the school she went to was once a farmstead where a white girl and a black boy were 'taken away' for possibly having a relationship, South African singer-songwriter Cherilyn MacNeil was compelled to write about it – and called the album Rivonia after the farm in question.”
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Having found out that that just around the corner from the school she went to was once a farmstead where a white girl and a black boy were 'taken away' for possibly having a relationship, South African singer-songwriter Cherilyn MacNeil was compelled to write about it – and called the album Rivonia after the farm in question.
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Wonderful show on Monday, it'll be on tv in December, look out for me as "front row audience member No. 34"...
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This is sad and lovely and enchanting -- video and music both.
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