Sunday, October 8th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Nobody sounds like her—nobody.
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “99 and a Half Won’t Do” (D.L. Coates), 1956
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2017
Sunday, October 1st
more
Theotis Taylor, “Somebody’s Gone,” 1976
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Talking, Fitzgerald, Ga., 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Lonnie Holley (1950-), After the Revival (Vox Humana III: The Strength of Music Lives After the Instruments Are Destroyed), 2017
2017
Sunday, September 24th
Bumping into something wonderful you never heard before—something you didn’t even know existed—can lift up your entire week, as this did mine when I encountered it the other day (WFMU, Sinner’s Crossroads, 9/21/17 [archived]).
Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold out until Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
2017
Sunday, September 17th
old school
Lil Blair and The Violinaires, “Tell Me How Long,” live, North Carolina (near Wilmington), 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
2017
Sunday, September 10th
Aretha testifies
Live, Detroit (New Bethel Church), 1987
2017
Sunday, September 3rd
old school
Bessemer Sunset Four, “Lord I’m Troubled” (1928-30)
2017
Sunday, August 27th
old school
Indiana Travelers (Jimmy Nunn, lead vocals), “Best Friend,” live
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2017
Sunday, August 20th
old school
Chosen Gospel Singers, “Why Do Men Turn Their Back on God?”
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lagniappe
random sights: other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path, Bellwood)
Moms’ Garden
2017
Sunday, August 13th
sounds of Detroit
Pastor Marvin Winans (Perfecting Church, Detroit) and Perfecting Praise Choir, live, Toronto, 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
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reading table
Always Mine!
No more Vacation!
Term of Light this Day begun!
Failless as the fair rotation
Of the Seasons and the Sun –Old the Grace, but new the Subjects –
Old, indeed, the East,
Yet upon His Purple Programme
Every Dawn, is first.—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 942 (Franklin)
2017
Sunday, August 6th
sounds of Chicago (and St. Louis)
Pastor DeAndre Patterson (Destiny Worship Center, Chicago), live, St. Louis (Kennerly Temple Church of God in Christ), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, late 1960s
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