Sunday, February 1st
testify!
Original Every Ready Gospel Singers, “He’s My King,” 1956 (rec. Houston)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2026
Sunday, January 25th
timeless
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King,” 1929 (rec. 12/10/29, New Orleans)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Monadnock Building, 1890s)
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Sunday, January 18th
sounds of Chicago (in Louisiana)
Soul Stirrers (Jesse J. Farley, Johnny Jones, Martin Jacox, Arthur Crume, Rufus Crume), live (“That’s Heaven To Me,” “When the Gates Swing Open,” “Wade in The Water,” “Sermonette,” “Free at Last,” “Resting Easy”), Louisiana, 1972
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, January 11th
timeless
Five Soul Stirrers of Houston, live (“Lordy, Lordy”; “John, The Revelator”; “How Did You Feel When You Came Out of the Wilderness”; “Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor”), Austin, Texas, 1936
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (U.S. Post Office)
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Sunday, January 4th
Who needs instruments?
“God’s Got It,” 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
No outer space, just space,
The light of all the not yet stars
Drifting like a bright mist,
And all of us, and everything
Already there
But unconstrained by form.—Rebecca Elson (1960-1999), from “Antidote to Fear of Death”
2025
Sunday, December 28th
sounds of Flint, Michigan
The New Jerusalem Baptist Church Choir, “I Can’t Feel At Home,” live, Flint, Michigan, 1980
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langiappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, December 21st
testify!
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) and Mavis Staples (1939-), “Oh Happy Day” (E. Hawkins), live, Detroit (New Bethel Baptist Church), 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2025
Sunday, December 14th
testify!
Tommy Ellison & The Singing Stars, live, North Carolina (Raleigh), 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Sunday, December 7th
timeless
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (1880-1978), “Jesus Is Sweeter Than Honey in the Comb,” 1927
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2025
Sunday, November 23rd
testify!
Elder Sam Windham (guitar, voice), “Yes Lord,” live, New York, 1964
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random sights
last night, Oak Park, Illinois
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