Sunday, January 7th
timeless
Soul Stirrers, “All Right Now” (feat. Julius Cheeks, Sam Cooke), 1954
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2023
Sunday, December 31st
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Three Trees,” live, Jackson, Miss., 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, December 24th
testify!
Land Boys, “Heaven Is My Goal,” live, Millry, Alabama, 2017
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last night, Chicago
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Sunday, December 17th
sounds of New Orleans
Wish my living room sounded like this.
Crown Seekers, “That’s Heaven to Me” (S. Cooke), live (rehearsal), New Orleans, 2010
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other day, Chicago
2023
Sunday, December 10th
sounds of Memphis
Lula Collins, “Jesus, You’ve Been Good,” Memphis, 1970s
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yesterday, outside Chicago
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Sunday, December 3rd
testify!
Sisters with Voices Gospel Singers (Birmingham, Ala.), “Sweeping Through the City,” live, 2014
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Sunday, November 26th
basement jukebox
Golden Crowns, “You’ll Need a Friend,” 1965
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other day, Chicago
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Sunday, November 19th
basement jukebox
Lula Collins, “Determined to Make It In” (L. Collins), 1980 (rec. Memphis)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Sunday, November 12th
basement jukebox
Shirley Caesar (1938-) and The Caesar Singers (with The Thompson Community Singers), “Put Your Hand in the Hand” (Grammy Award, Best Soul Gospel Performance), 1971
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another take
Live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1972
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2023
Sunday, November 5th
timeless
The Staple Singers, “Uncloudy Day,” 1956
It was the most mysterious thing I’d ever heard. It was like the fog rolling in. I heard it again, maybe the next night, and its mystery had even deepened. What was that? How do you make that?
—Bob Dylan (quoted in M. Davidson & P. Fishel, eds., Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine [2023])
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
The unreality of our house in moonlight
Is that if the moonlight strikes it
It is truly there tho it is ours—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Route”
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