Ysaye Maria Barnwell (born 1946) has been a member of the African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock since 1979. She is a prolific composer, who composes many of the group's songs.
ALBUMS
Ysaye Maria Barnwell
Singing In The African American Tradition
1989, 6xCass + Box, Homespun Tapes
Various
Where Have All The Flowers Gone - The Songs Of Pete Seeger
1998, 2x CD, 
,
, Folk Rock/Acoustic/Folk
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Women Gather
2003, CD, EarthBeat!
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Still The Same Me
2000, HDCD, Album, Rounder Kids
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Selections 1976–1988
1997, 2x CD,
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Sacred Ground
1995, ,
, African/Gospel/Vocal
Sweet Honey In The Rock
I Got Shoes
1994
Sweet Honey In The Rock
In This Land
1992
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Breaths... The Best Of
1987, Vinyl, 
,
, Gospel/Soul
Sweet Honey In The Rock
The Other Side
1985
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Feel Something Drawing Me On
1985
Sweet Honey In The Rock
We All...Everyone Of Us
1983
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Good News
APPEARANCES +
La Caccina
Becoming
2023, CD, Album, Lexicon Classics
Cantus
The COVID-19 Sessions
2022, CD, Signum Classics, 
,
, Choral
Cantus
Manifesto
2021, CD, Signum Classics, ,
, Choral
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir Conductor Earle Peach
A New World For Our Heirs
2019, CD, Album, Not On Label (Solidarity Notes Labour Choir Self-released)
Cantus
That Eternal Day
2012, CD, Cantus Recordings
George Winston
Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 2 – A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit
2012, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Concordia Choir, René Clausen
Beauty In The World
2010, CD, Album, Concordia Recordings,
The King's Singers
Swimming Over London
2010, CD, Album, 24 , Evosound, 
,
, Vocal
The Singers
Wanting Memories
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label
Incidental
Shades Of Life
2008, CD, Not On Label,
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Prism
2007, 2xCD, Album, BNC Records, 
,
, Country
Sistrum, Lansing Women's Chorus
LIVE - Sweet Women
2006, CD, Album, Goldenrod Records LLC
Messiah College Concert Choir, Linda L. Tedford
In Remembrance
2005, CD, Mark Records
Black Voices
Five And Five
2005, CD, Album, Eighth Music Ltd
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Singing For Freedom: A Concert For The Child In Each Of Us
2005, DVD-V, Music For Little People
Aquabella
Kykellia
2004, CD, Album, Jaro
Paul Reisler*, Paul Reisler and A Thousand Questions
At Night the Roses Tango
2004, CD, Album, Trapezoid Productions,
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Hymns
2004, ,
, Country
Mansfield University Concert Choir, Mansfield University Mansfieldians, Mansfield University Men's Chorus
I Can Tell The World
2003, CD, Mark Records
Various
Where We Live (A Benefit CD For Earthjustice)
2003, CD, Comp, Copy Prot., EMI Recorded Music
Various
Where We Live (A Benefit CD For Earthjustice)
2003
Roy Bailey
Up The Wooden Hill
2002, CD, Album, Fuse Records (2), ,
, Folk
Loud & Proud (2) • Special Guest Madeline Bell
A Song For You
2002, CD, Album, Baileo Music Productions, Baileo Music Productions
Various
Peace Is The World Smiling
2002, CD, Album, Comp, Music For Little People,
Laurel Massé
Feather & Bone
2001, CD, Album, Premonition Records
Lesa Terry
A City Called Heaven
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
O'Hara* - Laffey* And Furlong*
Old Shoes
2000, CD, Album, Not On Label
The Women's Chorus Of Dallas
American Rhapsody
2000, CD, Album, TWCD Records
A Vancouver Women's Chorus
Sweet Inspiration
2000, CD, Album, Not On Label
Various
The Second Earful Sampler
1999, CD, Comp, Smplr, Rykodisc
Die Bagage
Shannon's Tune
1999, CD, Album, D'Ohr Records, Extraplatte
Village Harmony
The Best Of Village Harmony - Summer 1999
1999, CD, Album, Not On Label (Village Harmony Self-released)
Various
World In Motion
1998, CD, Comp, Cooking Vinyl,
Gregarious Chance
Really ...
1998, CD, Album, Not On Label
Various
Down In The Delta (Music From And Inspired By The Miramax Motion Picture)
1998, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Swingbeat/Soul/RnB/Swing/Score/Ballad
Various
Deutscher Folkförderpreis 1997
1997, CD, Comp, Tonstudio Thein, 
Various
Time And Love - The Music Of Laura Nyro
1997, ,
, Acoustic/Gospel/Folk
The Flirtations
Three
1996, CD, Album, Flirt Music, ,
, Vocal
Various
A Festival Of Folk
1996, ,
, Folk
Sisters Unlimited
No Bed Of Roses
1995, CD, Album, Fellside Recordings,
Nothing But Treble
Trebutantes
1995, CD, Not On Label, ,
, Vocal
Amandla!*
Songs Of Struggle And Hope
1995, Cass, Dol, Not On Label,
Various
Off The Wall And Back
1995, CD, Comp, Monaro Folk Music Society
Astrid Seriese
Secret World
1994, CD, 
Various
Cooking Vinyl • 1993 Sampler
1993, CD,
Sisters Unlimited
No Limits
1991, CD, Album, Harbourtown Records, ,
, Folk
Black Voices
No Additives
1990, LP, Album, Quartz Records
Voices
Heirloom
1990, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Voices (22) Self-released)
John McCutcheon
What It's Like
1990
Various
Peace Is The World Smiling
1989
Various
Folkways: A Vision Shared (A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly)
1988, Vinyl Carrollton Pressing, ,
, Country/Folk
Cathy Fink
When The Rain Comes Down
1988
The Washington Sisters
Understated
1987, Vinyl, ,
, Vocal/Soul
Nick Haeffner
The Great Indoors
1987, ,
, New Wave/Psychedelic Rock
The Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus
The Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus 10th Anniversary Album
1986, LP, Album, Not On Label (The Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus Self-released)
Jeffmajors*
For Us All (Yoka Boka)
1986
Velvet Fist
Everything Can Be Changed
CD, Album, Not On Label (Velvet Fist Self-released)
Black Voices
Women In (E)motion
CD, Tradition & Moderne, ,
, Vocal/African/Gospel
Cantus
A Harvest Home
CD, Dig, Not On Label
Appleton North Choirs*
Earthtones New Day
2xCD, Not On Label, ,
, African/Hillbilly/Pacific/Gospel
The Rhode Island Feminist Chorus
Strong Through Song
CD, Album, Not On Label (The Rhode Island Feminist Chorus Self-released),
Keali'i Reichel
Kawaipunahele