Sunday, May 3rd
sounds of Chicago
Dr. Charles G. Hayes and the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir, “Jesus Can Work It Out,” 1980
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yesterday, Chicago
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Category: gospel
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Sunday, April 26th
testify!
Georgia Sea Island Singers (John Davis, Emma Ramsay, Henry Morrison, Mabel Hillary, Bessie Jones), “Moses,” “Yonder Comes Day,” “Buzzard Lope (Throw Me Anywhere Lord),” “Adam in the Garden (Picking up Leaves),” and “Down in the Mire (Bright Star Shinning in Glory),” 1963
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, April 19th
This I tire of never.
Soul Stirrers (feat. R.H. Harris, Paul Foster), “By and By,” 1950
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yesterday, Chicago
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Sunday, April 5th
timeless
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (1880-1978), “Where Shall I Be When the First Trumpet Sounds,” 1927
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, March 29th
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Sister O.M. Terrell (1911-2006), “I’m Going to That City,” 1953
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yesterday, outside Chicago
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Sunday, March 22nd
back to church
Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Association, Georgia, “I’ll Be There The Reckly [Directly] Sitting Down,” 2012
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Oak Park, Illinois, yesterday
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Sunday, March 1st
testify!
Mid-South Singers, “Will Meet You in the Morning,” two takes (1st [released], 0:00-2:53; 2nd [unreleased], 2:58-6:08), 1953
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, February 22nd
basement jukebox
Calvary Travelers, “Lord, I Hate To Think About It”
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art beat: other day, Smart Museum (University of Chicago), Theaster Gates: Unto Thee (closing today)
Theaster Gates (1973-), We Will Save Ourselves (2024)
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Sunday, February 8th
basement jukebox
Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) and His Talking Guitar, “If You Are a Witness, Let God Abide”
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Sunday, February 1st
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Original Every Ready Gospel Singers, “He’s My King,” 1956 (rec. Houston)
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