SOUNDTRACK: THE McCRARY SISTERS AND THE FAIRFIELD FOUR-“Rock My Soul” (Field Recordings, September 20, 2015).
Hearing these eight voices intertwine so beautifully is wonderful (I especially love the bass voice). Knowing how the voices are connected is pretty cool, too.
The original Fairfield Four was founded nearly 95 years ago in Nashville, and has remained relevant into the present day; many current listeners know the group from its appearance in the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film O, Brother, Where Art Thou? The McCrary Sisters are the daughters of the now-deceased longtime Fairfield Four lead voice, Samuel McCrary; together, they’ve made a major impact as that rare thing in a mostly masculine preserve, a female gospel quartet. To hear these voices perform “Rock My Soul” together is to feel the power of living history and the timelessness of family connection.
“Rock My Soul,” powered by their persistent clapping is just wonderful. Their voices sound amazing, their harmonies are wonderful. It’s a joyful three minutes.
[READ: August 29, 2018] “The Wind Cave”
This is a somber story from Murakami.
It concerns a boy and the death of his younger sister when she was 12. She was born with a malfunctioning heart valve and although she was never robust, it was still a surprise that she died so young.
His parents told him to watch over her, to look after her because she was so delicate. The fact hat he couldn’t save her from death (no one could) has hung over him.
He hated seeing her in the coffin and he grew claustrophobic even thinking about her in that tiny box. The symptoms didn’t start right away but occurred after he had been locked in a box truck. He was working a part time job and was accidentally locked into the back of the truck when people wanted to leave early. (Frankly I would think that might trigger claustrophobia more than anything having to do with his sister).
But now he can no longer ride in elevators or watch movies about submarines. (more…)
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