Sunday, November 1st
testify!
Meditation Singers, “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” (S. Cooke), live, France (Antibes Jazz Festival), 1964
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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, October 25th
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-2023), “Move On Up a Little Higher,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Brockway Mountain (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
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, September 13th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Blind Willie Johnson, “God Moves on the Water,” 1929
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2026
Sunday, September 6th
testify!
Echoes of Zion, “A Charge to Keep I Have” (Charles Wesley [1707-88], lyrics),
c. 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Sunday, August 30th
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) & The Gospel Harmonettes, Still Holding On (1999)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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
2026
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)
2026
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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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2026
Sunday, August 2nd
two takes
Charles Albert Tindley (1851–1933), “Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There,” 1916
Washington Phillips (1880-1954), 1928
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James Cleveland (1931-1991) with the Angelic Choir, 1962
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
