Sunday, February 20th
back to church
“Gonna Die in the Field of Battle,” live, Boyd Hill Baptist Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2022
Sunday, February 13th
timeless
Harmonizing Four of Richmond, “Amazing Grace,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Excavation (1950)
2022
Sunday, February 6th
sounds of Chicago
Bill Moss and the Celestials, “I’ve Already Been to the Water,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, January 30th
sounds of Chicago
Little Criss and the Righteous Singers, “I’ll Go,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, January 23rd
back to church
“Look away in the middle of the air,” live, Rock Hill, S.C. (Nazareath Baptist Church), 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Sunday, January 16th
back to church
“Who Built That Ark”
Union Baptist Church – Newport, Rock Hill, S.C., live, 1991
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, January 9th
back to church
“Let Your Light Shine,” White Hill. A.M.E. Zion Church (Pineville Hymn Choir Anniversary), York, S.C., 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Already I can see
my own wind-bleached bones.
A cold wind cuts me.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Tom Lowenstein
2022
Sunday, January 2nd
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011) with Vernon Oliver Price and Loretta Oliver, “There Is No Failure in God” (M. Brunson), live, Chicago (Liberty Baptist Church), 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Sunday, December 26th
like nobody else
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “I Couldn’t Keep It to Myself,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2021
Sunday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, Caravans, Soul Stirrers, Albertina Walker, live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 