Thursday, September 24th
what’s new
Laurie Anderson (voice, electronics), “Dirty Boulevard” (L. Reed), live, New York (Brooklyn Bridge Park), 9/19/26
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Monadnock Building [1893])
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2026
Sunday, September 20th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Cassietta George), “I’m Ready to Serve the Lord” (C. George), live (TV Gospel Time), Chicago, early 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Sunday, August 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991, vocals, piano), featuring Inez Andrews (1929-2012, vocals), “Soldiers in the Army,” live, Chicago (Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church), 1981
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, August 16th
sounds of Chicago
Albertina Walker and The Caravans, “To Whom Shall I Turn” (C. George), live (TV Gospel Time), Chicago, 1963
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Monadnock Building, 1893)
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Sunday, August 9th
sounds of Chicago
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Choir featuring Glenn Burleigh (guest director), Founder/Pastor Emeritus Rev. Clay Evans, then Current Pastor Rev. Reginald Sharpe, Minister of Music Lou Della Evans Reid, and Assistant Minister of Music Rev. Reginald McCracken, “Just for Who You Are” (G. Burleigh), live, Chicago, c. 1990s
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other day, Chicago
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Sunday, July 26th
sounds of Chicago
Soul Stirrers (feat. Paul Foster, Jimmy Outler), “I’m A Pilgrim” (PF), “He’s Been A Shelter For Me” (PF), “I’m A Soldier” (JO), “He’ll Understand and Say ‘Well Done,'” “Listen To The Angels” (JO), live [TV Gospel Hour], Memphis, 1963
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Friday, July 24th
sounds of Chicago
There was a (happy) time, after this single’s release in 1975, when you couldn’t go to a Chicago blues bar—like, say, Buddy Guy’s Checkerboard Lounge on 43rd Street—without hearing this on the jukebox.
Syl Johnson (1936-2022), “Take Me to the River” (Al Green, Mabon [“Teenie”] Hodges), 1975
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Vermont (covered bridge near Sharon [1879])
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Thursday, July 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters, “Messin’ with the Kid” (M. London), 1965
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Sunday, July 12th
sounds of Chicago
Violinaires (feat. Robert Blair), “Lift Him Up,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, June 28th
sounds of Chicago
Fellowship Baptist Church Choir, “When He Speaks,” live, Chicago, c. 1994
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random sights
last night, Nebraska
