Opinion | David Brooks on Blind Willie Johnson's 'Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground'
Times columnists chose the TV shows, movies, books and songs that capture the country as they see it.
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Times columnists chose the TV shows, movies, books and songs that capture the country as they see it.
Willie Johnson was born on Jan. 25, 1897. His poor sharecropper parents struggled to survive off of what they grew in the poor earth in Pendleton, Texas. At some point,
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Throughout history, there have been many famous blind musicians who have defied the odds and achieved great success in the music industry. Despite facing unique challenges and obstacles, these talented artists have used their keen sense of hearing and musical intuition to create timeless music that has touched the hearts of millions of people around
You don’t have to read far in the biographies of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding to discover that they grew up singing in one church or another. In fact, practically every classic-era soul or R&B singer either first lifted his or her voice in sanctified settings, or was directly … THE 10 GREATEST GOSPEL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME Read More » The post THE 10 GREATEST GOSPEL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME appeared first on SPIN.