Sunday, May 5th
testify!
Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1990) and Family, “You Better Run,” 1989
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
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Sunday, April 28th
testify!
Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932-2006), “Wrapped Up, Tangled Up in Jesus (C. Jackson), live, possibly Baton Rouge, 1991
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another take (1969)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, April 21st
sounds of Arkabutla, Mississippi
Mighty Gospel Clouds (Morven, Georgia), “Thank You, Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax at an unidentified A.M.E. church in Arkabutla, Mississippi, 1978
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yesterday, Chicago
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Sunday, April 14th
sounds of Gloster, Mississippi
Tylertown Spirituals (with Jimmy Wilson, guitar), live (Veal Brothers’ 12th Anniversary), Gloster, Mississippi, 1987
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, April 7th
sounds of Parchman Farm
“I Give Myself Away, so You Can Use Me,” anonymous singer/pianist/prisoner, live, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman, Miss.), 2023
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yesterday, Chicago
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Sunday, March 31st
timeless
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and The Gospel Harmonettes, “I’m Just Holding On” (D. Love Coates), live, TV show, c. early 1970s
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Sunday, March 24th
timeless
The Consolers (Sullivan and Iola Pugh), “Waiting for My Child” (S. Pugh), 1964
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, March 17th
sounds of Memphis
Traveling Stars, “Jesus Will Fix It,” 1983
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art beat: yesterday, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), Modular Piece (1969), detail
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Sunday, March 10th
timeless
Edna Gallmon Cooke (1917-1967), “He’ll Fix It,” rec. 1959
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yesterday, Chicago
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Sunday, March 3rd
sounds of Chicago
Highway QCs, “I Heard,” “Do You Love Him,” “I’ll Be Satisfied,” live (TV show [TV Gospel Time]), 1963
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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