2LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Rediscover the emotion and the power of gospel music in an excellent set featuring the greatest hits of the genre! Includes The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Golden Gate Quartet, Mahalia Jackson & Louis Armstrong.
Reissued 1958 album, all compositions are by Duke Ellington, on side A are his solo works with his orchestra ’Work Song’, ‘Come Sunday’ and ’Light’ (part 1-3) and side B features Mahalia Jackson (vocals) and Ray Nance (tp & vln). Including three bonus tracks such as ’23rd Psalm’ (featuring Mahalia Jackson).
No one personifies the gospel genre better than Mahalia Jackson (1911/1972), even though the New Orleans singer also dabbled in jazz.She had been recording since 1931, and when the time came to move from two-track 78s to LPs, she signed a contract with Columbia, where she was the first gospel artist recruited, with a debut […]
I’m Not Anyone is a new album of cover versions. Always adept at taking a song and making it his own, Almond has already released classic covers from ‘Tainted Love’ to ‘The Days Of Pearly Spencer’, from ‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’ to ‘Jacky’. For his latest solo outing I’m Not Anyone Marc offers […]
Celebrate Christmas with an array of stars and the best gospel talent the world has ever known. Featuring classic songs and festive favourites from The Golden Gate Quartet, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Little Richard and many more, this LP is the perfect seasonal soundtrack TRACKLISTING A1. The Edwin Hawkins […]
Celebrate Christmas with an array of stars and the best diva talent the world has ever known. Featuring classic songs and festive favourites from Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Nina Simone and many more, this LP is the perfect seasonal soundtrack. TRACKLISTING A1. Aretha Franklin – Kissin By The Mistletoe […]
On her transcendent new record, Workin On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world as it is right now with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world, but implores us to love each other, despite […]
