testify!
Minister Febe & The Chosen Ones (joined by GeGe of True Anointing, Birmingham, Ala.), “Everybody Saw Me When I Fell,” live
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lagniappe
reading table
The Soul has Bandaged moments –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 360 (Franklin), fragment
sounds of Chicago
Windy City Spiritualaires with Willie Clayton, “I’m Gonna Run On,” live (music starts at 4:05-), Birmingham, Ala., 2000
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lagniappe
yesterday on Chicago’s south side
Treme Brass Band, Washington Park
yesterday in Chicago
I heard these folks in Millennium Park, at the thirty-first annual Gospel Fest. Rain had been falling, but it stopped. Slowly, dark skies gave way to sunshine.
Brian Courtney Wilson, “Just Love,” live, Windsor Village United Methodist Church, Houston, Tx.
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William Murphy, “It’s Working,” live, Newbirth Missionary Baptist Church, Lithonia, Ga.
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Shirley Caesar, “No Charge,” live
sounds of Chicago
Windy City Spiritualaires with Willie Clayton, “Prove It,” live, Birmingham, Ala., 2000
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Glouchester 1H 1944 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
old school
Tommy Ellison & The Singing Stars, “I’m Not the Same Person,” live, Hempstead, N.Y., 2007
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lagniappe
reading table
I hear a river thro’ the valley wander
Whose water runs, the song alone remaining.—Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904), “Dramatic Fragments,” excerpt
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random sights
yesterday morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
You don’t need a lot of different words.
You don’t need the piano to be in tune.
Intensity will carry you.
Rev. George Oliver, “Coming Up Lord Just To Hear My Tune”
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
Who needs instruments?
McCauley Spiritual Singers, c. 1960
“Jesus Gave Me Water”
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“Jesus Said Live Holy”
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lagniappe
reading table
A word that breathes distinctly
Has not the power to die—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 1715 (Franklin), fragment
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
two takes
“Trouble Will Soon Be Over”
Blind Willie Johnson, 1930
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Sinead O’Connor, 2016 (God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
back to church
Campbell Brothers, live
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Caravans, live (TV show), Chicago, 1963
In front, on the right, is the young Shirley Caesar.
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