Field Hollers as well as work songs were African American styles of music from before the American Civil War, this style of music is close related to spirituals in the sense that it expressed religious feelings and included subtle hints about ways of escaping slavery, among other things. Slaves in New Orleans had a field area called Congo Square in which they were allowed time on Sundays to dance and sing more freely than they could on the plantations.

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External links

• Recordings from The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip -> Hollers

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References

• Charlton, Katherine (2003). Rock Music Styles - a history. Mc Graw-Hill, 4th ed., pp. 3. ISBN 0-07-249555-3. 

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