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The Staple Singers: Freedom Highway Complete
by Nenad Georgievski
Music has always been the perfect medium over which people expressed their dissatisfaction and protested social injustices. As such it has a tremendous ability to show the world from the perspective of the oppressed. During the '60s in US the revival of protest music was propelled as a reaction to the social changes and turmoils during that turbulent and dark period, from the civil rights movement to anti war movement. A myriad of musicians have used their music to address ...
Continue ReadingBooker T. & the MGS, Staple Singers & Johnnie Tatylor Launch Stax Remasters Series
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Inaugural titles to be released May 10, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif.—From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, the Stax label dominated soul, R&B, gospel, and related genres with a stable of artists who have since become iconic figures in the history of American popular music. Now a part of the Concord Music Group, the Stax catalog is a treasure trove of some of the most visceral and influential recordings of the 20th century. On May 10, 2011, Concord reaches back ...
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Sunday Spin: Staple Singers
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All About Jazz
OUR WEEKLY NOD TO AMAZING ALBUMS GIVES A GOOD CAHOOT
The Staple Singers did nothing less than modernize gospel music. They are the next evolutionary step after Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, all churchgoers that etched humanity into hymns and gave hips to hallelujahs. Compacting the pulpit into danceable bursts, The Staple Singers - Roebuck “Pops" Staples and his children Mavis, Pervis, Cleotha and Yvonne - were protest music with a backbeat, beloved by Martin ...
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Concord Holiday Releases! Vince Guaraldi, John Coltrane, and the Staple Singers
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Special Ops Media
Concord Records is proud to present several titles this season ripe for inclusion on your holiday must-have list including A Charlie Brown Christmas (Expanded Edition), The Staple Singers' The 25th Day Of December, & John Coltrane's Interplay 5-CD set. Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas (Expanded Edition) For anyone who grew up during the '60s, the music from the beloved animated TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas resonates with deep sentimental meaning. That swinging soundtrack by ...
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Staple Singers' 1962 Christmas Album Reissued on Riverside Through Concord Music Group
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Long lost album featuring traditional spirituals--recorded a decade before their breakthrough on Stax--found Mavis Staples in excellent voice
LOS ANGELES, CA. - The Staple Singers were best known for their '70s Stax hits like “Respect Yourself," “I'll Take You There" and “If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)," but in fact the Chicago quartet's recording career dates back to the '50s on the Vee-Jay and Riverside labels. Their fifth effort was a Christmas album titled The 25th Day of December, ...
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Richard Wilson
guitar, electricMusic
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
