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The Sons of the Soul Revivers Songs We’ll Always Sing – A Tribute to The Pilgrim Jubilees

Jim Hynes blues, gospel, indie Blues, making a Scene, soul June 30, 2020

The Sons of the Soul Revivers Songs We’ll Always Sing – A Tribute to The Pilgrim Jubilees Little Village Foundation The Little Village Foundation brings us another gem, choosing to give the Bay Are gospel group, The Sons of the Soul Revivers, an opportunity to pay homage to one of their major influences, The Pilgrim […]

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The Staples Unlock Your Mind

Richard Ludmerer cd review, making a Scene, reissue, staple singers June 25, 2020

The Staples Unlock Your Mind Omnivore Recordings/Warner Records The American musical treasure, The Staples Singers a.k.a. The Staples, are Lifetime Grammy Award recipients and inductees in both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and The Gospel Hall of Fame. Roebuck “Pops” Staples founded the folk/gospel group with his children Cleo, Pervis (who left the […]

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The Legendary Ingramettes Take a Look at the Book

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The Legendary Ingramettes Take a Look at the Book Virginia Folklife Program Some of us first heard of the gospel group The Legendary Ingramettes when they appeared on Sherman Holmes’ 2017 The Richmond Sessions. Yet this group has been with us for more than six decades now, held together through generations of determined African – […]

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Sandy Carroll Blues & Angels

Richard Ludmerer cd review, gospel, indie Blues, making a Scene, sandy carroll October 23, 2018

Sandy Carroll Blues & Angels Catfood Records Sandy Carroll hails from McNairy County in West Tennessee; two hours east of Memphis. Carroll spent her early career singing in venues throughout the South. Carroll returned to Memphis, her musical home, and took up residency at Lafayette’s Corner club in 1983 when she co-wrote the single “If […]

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Marie Knight The Gospel Truth Live

Richard Ludmerer cd review, gospel, making a Scene, marie knight, sister rosetta thorpe April 11, 2018

Marie Knight The Gospel Truth Live MC Records “Madame Marie Knight was born Marie Roach on June 1st, 1920 in Sanford, Fl. but she was raised in Newark, N.J.” Knight rose to fame by recording an arrangement of “Didn’t It Rain” with Sister Rosetta Thorpe in the late 1940’s. After recording with Tharpe, Knight spent […]

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Paul Thorn Don’t Let The Devil Ride

Richard Ludmerer gospel, indie Blues, making a Scene, Paul Thorn April 11, 2018

Paul Thorn Don’t Let The Devil Ride Perpetual Obscurity Records Paul Thorn was born the son of a preacher. The first music he was ever exposed to excited him and it was gospel music. “Thorn spent his youth singing in his father’s Pentecostal church…but his most memorable musical experiences were at an African American branch…the […]