Dranes was a blind black pianist who shook the foundations of gospel in the 1920s by introducing secular styles like barrelhouse and ragtime into... Arizona Dranes, Forgotten Mother Of The Gospel Beat ...
She only recorded a handful of songs before slipping into oblivion. Now it’s time to bring her back. The Tompkins Square record label specializes in digging up treasures of American music history, ...
A sightless gospel screamer possessed of the Holy Ghost, Arizona Dranes was the first to record hot piano with praise lyrics, pioneering gospel music with a series of test records in 1926. While her ...
San Francisco-based label Tompkins Square has released the book+CD/eBook,'He Is My Story : The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes'. A singer sits at the piano and loses all inhibitions while in ...
In the 1920s, the sound of music in the black church underwent a revolution. Standing at 40th and State Street in Chicago, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ was a witness to what occurred. The ...
In the 1920s, the sound of music in the black church underwent a revolution. Standing at 40th and State Street in Chicago, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ was a witness to what occurred. The ...
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