Tell Heaven, by Staples Jr. Singers

Tell Heaven

by Staples Jr. Singers

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12-inch EP. Side A is a 20-minute song, "When Do We Get Paid (in Full)," which somehow is so long that we couldn't even upload it to Bandcamp for you to hear it. But it’s on the disc so you are getting full value for your music purchasing dollar (or euro, or whatever). You’re welcome.

If you're ordering from Europe or the UK: Orders will begin shipping out toward the end of February because of some supply chain trouble.

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1.	Somebody Save Me 03:55	buy track
2.	I'm Looking For a Man 03:27	buy track
3.	Tell Heaven 04:02	buy track

about

This limited EP from the Staples Jr. Singers was recently featured in an important exhibition at the gallery GRAY (Chicago/New York).

The show, Citing Black Geographies, brought together artists examining notions of “Black space”—the topographies that portend to Black cultural experience. The music of the Staples Jr. Singers played around the clock in the gallery, alongside the work of Theaster Gates, Carrie Mae Weems, and many others.

This was recorded in January 2022 in West Point, MS, when Edward, R.C., and Annie of the original Staples Jr. Singers gathered with a few younger family members at a house of worship to perform some of their early songs—including from 1975’s When Do We Get Paid—for the first time in 50 years.

With GRAY, the Staples Jr. Singers made a 12-inch EP out of that performance—and now we’ve made a limited version, too, because this music is too significant in the history of this family not to share it with you.

We’re calling it Tell Heaven. If you have a chance, we hope you’ll listen to it.

credits

released February 3, 2023

Edward Brown, vocals
Annie Brown Caldwell, vocals
R.C. Brown, guitar and vocals
Troy Brown, vocals
Willie Joe Caldwell, guitar
Willie Caldwell Jr., bass
Jaylin Brown, drums

Produced and recorded by Abel Caldwell
Mixed by Ray Lynch
Mastered by Darren Golda
Designed by Paul “diddy wah” Diddy
Institutional voice by Eliza Grace Martin
Produced by Yale Evelev and Eric Welles-Nyström

Recorded on location at The Message Center in West Point, Mississippi, January 8, 2022.

Special thanks to Romi Crawford and the Richard Gray Gallery family, Daniel Fox, Maura James McNamara, Madeleine Sturma, and the Brown and Caldwell families.

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Staples Jr. Singers Aberdeen, Mississippi

We're a family band, born and raised in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Been on the road since 1969 (four generations and counting!). Back when we got our start, in 1975, we had one question on our minds: When Do We Get Paid?

shows

Jun 29

Roskilde Festival

Roskilde, Denmark
Jul 5

Patronaat

Haarlem, Netherlands
Jul 12

Jamboree Jazz

Barcelona, Spain
Jul 12

Jamboree Jazz

Barcelona, Spain
Jul 16

Musikpavillon, Palmengarten

Frankfurt, Germany
Oct 18

Maximteatern

Stockholm, Sweden

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