Rough Sundays

Rough Sundays 05: Laura Jansen [Adult Language]

She's gone gold and platinum with her debut album "Bells", one of her songs has over 10 million hits on YouTube and she's graced the cover of magazines like Marie Claire. But that was only one chapter of the fascinating life of Laura Jansen. She joins the show today to talk free clothes, leaving it to work with refugees for a couple of years and what it's like returning to the music industry. 

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Rough Sundays 04: The Best Live Gospel Tracks Ever Recorded

There's the Golden Age of Gospel, and then there's the Golden Age of Live Gospel. In this week's episode, we go deep, deep into the vault of vinyl and pick out of the the best tracks ever recorded. And no matter what god you pray to - if any - prepare to be moved. 

Rough Sundays 03: New Orleans' Chart Room with Christopher Gargiule

To explain New Orleans - be it in prose or verse - is impossible. Fortunately, there's a little bar in the French Quarter, looked over by a man named Brother Chris, that comes close. From getting caught in a second line to the Mardi Gras Indians, this is just about as close as you'll get. Welcome to the Chart Room. 

Rough Sundays 02: Northern Soul with Duncan Forgan

Is it a genre or a sub-genre? With a range that stretches from Dusty Springfield to Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Northern Soul can be hard one to define. Fortunately, our guest this week - writer Duncan Forgan - is here to explain it all, as well as play some of his favorite tracks. 

Rough Sundays 01: The Golden Age of Gospel with Robert Darden

In the first episode back after an 8-year hiatus, host Aric S. Queen is joined by author and founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, Professor Robert Darden, who talks hidden civil rights b-sides, the joy and pain of cataloging and why - in particular - old gospel music will always stand out amongst the rest. 

 

[Photo courtesy of Wacoan. Background music courtesy of Ben Sound]