Why These Four?
In previous posts, I wrote about other people and projects I considered for A Life’s Work and why I chose four subjects instead of three or five or twenty-seven. But neither of those posts address why I chose these four … Continued
Happy Record Store Day: A Clip
In case you didn’t know it, Saturday, April 16, 2011, is Record Store Day. Many many years ago I worked in a record store in Hackensack, NJ with a whole mess of great people, many of whom I’m still in … Continued
The Contest for “The Blueprint” by Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin is over!
We have a winner! Congrats to Steph, who correctly answered with Mahalia Jackson and Frank Lloyd Wright. I hope you enjoy the book, Steph. Thanks to the fine folks at Gotham Books, I‘m offering offered a paperback copy of The … Continued
A Report from SXSW
Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, subject of A Life’s Work, was recently on a panel at SXSW. Below … Continued
Look Up!
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What is it that makes us look up? We look up at trees, at buildings, to the sky to see clouds, stars, planets. If we are inside and we’ve been asked a question, many of us look to where the … Continued
BGMRP @ SXSW
Attention Williamsburg hipsters! Are you going to SXSW? Do you want to know the origin of all of your guitar riffs? Well then on Saturday, March 19, 2:00pm go to the panel called Searching for Blind Willie Johnson. You’ll get … Continued
The Year in Review, Part 2
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What were the most viewed posts on the A Life’s Work blog? Glad you asked. The list is a little misleading, because some posts have been up for a lot longer than others, and so naturally will have more views. … Continued
Marvin Gaye and A Life’s Work
While I was at Blue Mountain Center I edited a Black Gospel Music Restoration Project section with headphones on so as not to disturb my fellow residents. Unlike the clip that’s online, this bit takes place at Baylor University (Waco, … Continued
Perfect! Print!
There was a time when I believed it was possible to achieve perfection in art. (See Practice, Practice by yours truly in Helen Literary Magazine.) Here’s me playing one of the first classical pieces I learned, Lagrima by Francisco Tarrega, recorded at … Continued