Sunday, March 25th
back to church
Henderson Sisters, live, Troy, Ala., 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2018
Sunday, March 18th
back to church
Bishop Dready Manning (guitar), live, Troy, Ala., 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, March 4th
two takes
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (C.D. Martin, C.H. Gabriel), 1905
Soul Stirrers (feat. R.H. Harris), 1946
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Gladys Knight, live, Washington, D.C., 2017
2018
Sunday, February 25th
old school
Rev. Campbell and His Wonder Boys, “Home Don’t Seem Like Home No More”
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lagniappe
reading table
my dead mother—
every time I see the ocean,
every time . . .—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Sunday, February 18th
old school
Brother Smith, “I’ll Sing Again,” live, Elba, Ala., 1998
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, February 11th
timeless
Ray Charles & Sarah Jordan Powell, “Angels Keep Watching Over Me,” live, Germany (Ettal), 1979
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, February 4th
two takes
“I’ll Live On” (T.J. Laney)
Thomas Sisters, live, Eclectic, Ala., 2004
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Doc Watson, On Praying Ground, 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2018
Sunday, January 28th
timeless
Mahalia Jackson with Louis Armstrong, “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” live, Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, R.I.), 1970
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2018
Sunday, January 21st
Some singers—not many—need no accompaniment.
Mary Ann & China Pettaway (mother, daughter), live, Boykin, Ala., 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Ana “Mama Cookie” Cook, 1958
2017
Sunday, December 31st
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Berkeley, Calif.
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music clip of the day 