
Friends and family listen to "Voices: A Folk Opera"
Clip: Season 9 Episode 1 | 3m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Kathryn Belle Long's friends and family come together to listen to Voices: a Folk Opera.
Shortly before her death in 2023, Kathryn Belle Long, Mickey Abraham, Kris Kolp of Log Cabin Studio, and their many musical friends finished recording the music and lyrics to the folk opera called "Voices." They all gathered together for the first time to listen to the completed work.
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Local Routes is a local public television program presented by WFSU

Friends and family listen to "Voices: A Folk Opera"
Clip: Season 9 Episode 1 | 3m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Shortly before her death in 2023, Kathryn Belle Long, Mickey Abraham, Kris Kolp of Log Cabin Studio, and their many musical friends finished recording the music and lyrics to the folk opera called "Voices." They all gathered together for the first time to listen to the completed work.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipYou know, the next thing we were going to do was get together with you all.
It was our Tuesday night.
And so we're going to stick with the plan.
Thank you guys so much.
We're just so stoked.
I know Kathyrn is, you know, so thankful for all of your contributions.
If you guys are about to get your minds around, I think it's really hard to listen to these tracks by myself.
It's almost impossible to listen to songs by myself, so it's quite comforting to hear it with you guys and to put it right.
It's it's exactly what I need right now.
Actually, you're ready.
Dear Mom, I think you'd be proud.
I'm a soldier now.
Freedom.
Oh, freedom.
girl we ain't free.
You ran away and had to leave your little town.
Yeah.
You had it bad.
You're not the only one who.
Somehow me, somehow not the same.
Somehow sitting on this train.
I don't know how I made it through the year.
Wondering where you were.
And if I'd ever see you again.
Now I know why I spent the nights alone praying to the stars above.
Oh, now I know.
Now I know.
Now I know.
Open up your heart.
Rise!
Stand brave when the morning comes.
Open up your heart.. Oh, okay.
Thank you.
Thanks, man.
for coming.
Thanks for including us in this project.
Of course.
Thanks for listening.
Thank you.
Just hearing this story.
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