100% vintage gospel, funk & soul. Think: Sharon Jones, The Meters & Mavis Staples
★★★★ - ‘Full of feeling.’
(The Times)
★★★★ – ‘Their astonishingly world-weary music deserves your attention’
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Those who hear Charles Bradley, hear gospel. Those who hear the superb track ‘Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1’ by Kanye West, hear a sample of pastor/gospel musician Pastor T.L. Barrett. Those who hear James Brown, Otis Redding or Sharon Jones, immediately know what they were inspired by: gospel music!
So long live David Byrnes’ Luaka Bop labe,l that in recent years (re)acquainted the world with new or even really old work by William Onyeabor, Alice Coltrane, Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders, amongst others. And now recently also The Staples Jr. Singers, a family band that caused a stir locally (in Mississippi) in the mid ’70s.
The name The Staples Jr. Singers was an obvious nod to The Staple Singers (whose Mavis Staples just recently impressed in AB). In 1975, they released their first and also last album: ‘When Do We Get Paid’. Aside from the roughly € 700 that collectors are willing to pay for an original copy, you can mainly hear 100% vintage gospel and soul. We hear echoes of Sharon Jones (if it were possible, time-machine-wise) and of ultimate funk band The Meters. Lord, this shit sounds soooo good!
Don’t miss this unique family reunion, otherwise David Byrne will personally come ask you to account for yourself when he next visits.
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