The ties that bind

The family that plays together… A Mississippi matriarch and her family are here to spread the word. David Hutcheon is a believer.

Borja Bonafuente

Annie & The Caldwells Can’t Lose My (Soul) LUAKA BOP. CD/DL/LP EIGHTY YEARS AGO, in April 1945, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was Number 2 on the Billboard “race records” chart with Strange Things Happening Every Day – fair comment for the month in which Franklin D Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler all died. There were also several noteworthy musical events: Richard Strauss completed Metamorphosen; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened; the audience at a hometown performance by the Berlin Philharmonic were offered cyanide as they left the auditorium; and Tharpe’s hit was the first gospel record to reach that Billboard countdown. Often cited as the earliest rock’n’roll track, Strange Things Happening Every Day was a genuine attempt to assuage critics who complained that Tharpe was targeting secular audiences. By 1964, when she appeared…

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