Sunday, July 19th
Before Jerry Lee, before Little Richard, there was . . .
Arizona Dranes (c. 1891-1963), “I Shall Wear a Crown,” c. 1927
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2015
Sunday, July 12th
President Obama testifies
“Amazing Grace,” funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Charleston, South Carolina, 6/26/15
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lagniappe
random sights
Friday morning
Oak Park, Illinois
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random thoughts
Life is full of unexpected sorrows, but also treasures. When I was a teenager, never could I have imagined that, one morning, I would wake up and find myself married, for nearly four decades, to a woman—a wonderful woman—who, that day, was turning sixty-three.
2015
Sunday, July 5th
old school
Zion Travelers, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1961
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Llanito, New Mexico, 1970
2015
Sunday, June 28th
old school
I could live five hundred years and never tire of hearing this voice.
Soul Stirrers (feat. R. H. Harris [1916-2000], lead vocals), “Lord, I’ve Tried” (T. A. Dorsey), 1946
Photograph by Robert Frank (1924-).
2015
Sunday, June 21st
Here, on Father’s Day, is more of Aretha’s.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984; Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, 1946-1979), “Dry Bones in the Valley”
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Sunday, June 14th
More of the Anointed Brown Sisters.
“He Is a Friend of Mine,” live, Alabama (Cortland), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
Saturday morning
Oak Park, Illinois
2015
Sunday, June 7th
sounds of Detroit
I could listen to Aretha’s daddy all day—even if I understood not a word of English.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984), “The 23rd Psalm”
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Sunday, May 31st
testify!
Anointed Brown Sisters, “Hold On,” live, LaFayette, Alabama (Mt. Sellers Baptist Church), 2011
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Each day I know less.
2015
Sunday, May 17th
More of The Consolers (Sullivan & Iola Pugh).
Live (TV Gospel Time), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, c. 1938
Today Helen Levitt enters the MCOTD Hall of Fame, joining saxophonists Von Freeman and Henry Threadgill; trumpeter Lester Bowie; poets John Berryman, William Bronk and Wislawa Szymborska; and gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates.
2015
Sunday, May 10th
testify!
The Consolers (Sullivan & Iola Pugh), “Reach Out Your Hand,” live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
If perfection lies in the absence of anything inessential, this is no less perfect than Bach.
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
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