Sunday, July 14th
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Too Close to Heaven,” live, Georgia (Albany), 1980s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2024
Sunday, July 7th
This guy, even after 50 years, I never tire of hearing.
Just one note and I’m hooked, again.
Vernard Johnson (1948-, alto saxophone), “Holiness Is What I Long For,” live, Louisville, Ky., 2017
2024
Sunday, June 30th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Today he is being inducted into the MCOTD Hall of Fame, where he joins drummer Hamid Drake (1955-); saxophonists Henry Threadgill (1944-) and Von Freeman (1923-2012); trumpeter Lester Bowie (1941-1999); gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002); composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987); poets John Berryman (1914-1972), William Bronk (1918-1999), and Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012); and photographer Helen Levitt (1913-2009).
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “Trouble Will Soon Be Over” (1930)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Sunday, June 23rd
testify!
“Hallelujah,” Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Church, Thomaston, Ga., 2013
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks“, through 9/22/24)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), Manhattan (1932), detail
2024
Sunday, June 16th
testify!
“Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name,” St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Miss., 1978
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Sunday, June 9th
No piano. No guitar. No drums. So many things aren’t here. But nothing is missing.
Heavenly Gospel Singers, “Sit Down Servant and Rest Awhile,” live, St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Mississippi, 1978
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2024
Sunday, June 2nd
testify!
Pastor J. R. Jones, “This Joy I Have,” live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God), 1992
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Sunday, May 26th
testify!
Canton Spirituals, “Mississippi Poor Boy,” live, Memphis, 2014
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Sunday, May 19th
testify!
Rev. Dennis “Clay” Jackson (vocals), Rev. Charlie Jackson (guitar), “Lord, You’ve Been Good to Me,” live, Mississippi (Gloster), 1987
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Sunday, May 12th
testify!
“You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him,” unknown group, live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God in Christ), c. 1990s
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day 