A review by shayemiller
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars by Gary Golio

5.0

In this gorgeous picture book biography, we learn about Willie Johnson and his gift of music. While he went blind at a young age, he was loved and encouraged to enjoy his gift where he invented unique techniques, like running his pocket knife along the strings to make a screaming sound. His music was considered so important for humanity that his song, Dark Was the Night, was included on the Voyager I space probe’s Golden Record in 1977. NOTE: I don’t know how you could read this book without listening to Johnson’s short, wordless song, Dark Was the Night. I highly recommend taking a quick listen HERE . The beautiful artwork was done in watercolor.

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