Amazing Grace

from Songs From The Red Box by Angela Sheik

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Angela originally arranged this version of "Amazing Grace" for a concert benefiting an impoverished community in Uganda. Her vision was to create a version of the song that was at once joyful and soulful, with a specific reflection of African influence for the listeners at that particular concert. She has since been asked to perform this song at a variety of life's occasions - from birthdays to funerals - and, despite circumstances, the song has somehow seemed appropriate.

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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now I'm found,
Was blind, but now, I see.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come.
It's Grace that's brought me safe this far
and Grace will lead us home.

When we've been here ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
then when we've first begun.

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from Songs From The Red Box, track released April 25, 2013
Words to verse 1 and 2 by John Newton (1779), author of verse 3 unknown. English folk melody. Performed and arranged by Angela Sheik. Recorded and mixed at Studio 825, Wilmington, DE. Ray Gagliardino, engineer.

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Angela Sheik Los Angeles, California

"Sheik is a fearless musical force of nature." BMI.com

Soulful music innovator Angela Sheik opens up a world of sonic, rhythmic, and compositional possibilities that have driven her success as a multi-faceted trip-hop and electro-infused indie artist. The crafty multi-instrumentalist (autoharp, theremin, flute) explores deep grooves, infectious melodies, dynamic harmonies, and soulful ambiences. ... more

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