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The Jewell Gospel Trio: Many Little Angels in the Band

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Title: The Jewell Gospel Trio: Many Little Angels in the Band
Artist: Jewell Gospel Trio
Label: Gospel Friend
Format: CD
Release date: October 18, 2019

 

 

Before Candi Staton hit it big as a soul singer in the 1970s, she was a member of an extremely talented group of young singers known variously as the Jewell Gospel Trio, Jewel Gospel-Aires, and Jewel Gospel Singers. Based in Nashville, the core group included Canzetta Staton*, as she was then known, her sister Maggie Staton, and the late Naomi Harrison. This new compilation, The Jewell Gospel Trio: Many Little Angels in the Band, tells the story of the group as well as the Staton sisters through the liner notes by Opal Louis Nations and archival photos supplied by Maggie.  Continue reading →

Candi Staton – Unstoppable

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Title: Unstoppable
Artist: Candi Staton
Label: Beracah/Thirty Tiger
Formats: CD, LP, Digital
Release Date: August 24, 2018

 

With the recent death of the “queen of soul” Aretha Franklin, soul music links to the legendary town and famed studio, Muscle Shoals, perhaps now fall on the shoulders of one Candi Staton. The Alabama native, best known for her remake of Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” and “Young Hearts Run Free” (1976) is still going hard at age 78. Her latest release, Unstoppable, marks Staton’s 30th album and gives us ten tracks of what Staton does well. Continue reading →