Category Archives: gospel

SONG OF THE DAY Harry Belafonte – Midnight Special

Posted on May 3, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

I love a bit of Harry Belafonte and love this track (though try as I might, I can’t think who does the version I’ve first heard), so to have the two together in one place is a rather large treat! … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Marie Knight & Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Calvary

Posted on March 4, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

The collaboration between these two vocal angels is a union made by the gods, for sure! The mighty voice of singer/pianist Maria Roach, better known as Marie Knight, won over Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the early 1940’s after Tharpe saw … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Harmonising Four – All Things Are Possible

Posted on February 28, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

You only have to listen to this one track and you will see why this gospel quartet more than earned their name! The Harmonising Four hailed from the US and got together in 1927. First known as Richmond’s Harmonising Four, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Little Richard – I Want Jesus To Walk With Me

Posted on February 18, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

This is the second time I’ve been ‘wowed’ by Little Richard recently and I must say its been an absolute delight to have discovered such a different side to his music. It’s not like I’ve never liked him up until … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers – The Good Old Way

Posted on January 31, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

Music always resonates on so many different levels and I marvel how it strikes when you least expect it – what I mean by that is if you leave your self open to anything, then everything has potential to appeal? … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Little Richard – Hurry Sundown

Posted on January 13, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

WOW!!!!!!! What a mighty, massive incredible spine-trembler we have here!!!!! I’d never heard this song before, but Better Call Saul had me breaking in my tracks when this little winner came on in one of its episodes last night!!! What … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Pearl Reaves with Paul Farano Trio – High Noon

Posted on September 22, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

It’s not often you come across a lady like we have today! Pearl Reaves is something of a legend because she was doing things that not many women of her time had done! Born in the late 1920’s Pearl Reaves … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Lula Collins – Hold Out Keep the Faith

Posted on September 10, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Lula Collins is something of a mystery, and so far I’ve failed to find too many definitive details about this powerful vocalist. What I do know, however, is that she was recording and in the mid-1970’s, releasing about three LP’s … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Brother Theotis Taylor – Somebody’s Gone

Posted on August 31, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Brother Theotis Taylor is a 92-year-old spiritual singer and piano player known throughout South Georgia and beyond for his powerful voice and heavenly falsetto. His talents took him away from his home in Fitzgerald, Georgia, straight to the stage with … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Travelaires – I’m Thankful

Posted on August 17, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, The Travelaires regretfully didn’t release too much throughout (what I can gather) was a brief recording career. In 1981 they issued an album entitled Joy To My Soul, which came out on a label (their label?) … Continue reading →

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