The Time For Peace is Now Sheds Light On The Forgotten Gems of ‘70s Gospel – New Collection Out Now on Luaka Bop

Jonathan Lethem, Greg Belson, and more contribute

Watch An Animated Short for “The Time For Peace Is Now”: http://bit.ly/2lL7Jqh

Special AmericanaFest Events This Weekend In Nashville

(New York, NY): The Time For Peace is Now explores the rich and often overlooked period of the early ‘70s when a funky, Southern strain of gospel – focusing less on Jesus and more on ourselves – found a new voice, and it’s out today via Luaka Bop. This is the second release in the label’s World Spirituality Classics series, following the acclaimed 2017 release The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda.

Watch an animated short for “The Time For Peace Is Now”: http://bit.ly/2lL7Jqh

Order The Time For Peace Is Now here: https://luakabop.lnk.to/TTFPIN

The Time For Peace is Now is comprised of unearthed and obscure 45s found in attics, sheds, and crates across the American South. It features an equally eclectic mix of contributors, including renowned soul DJ Greg Belson, who compiled the album, and NYT best-selling author Jonathan Lethem, Pastor Keith L. Whitney, and scholar Robert F. Darden, who all contribute liner notes.

Read Nashville Scene’s piece on The Time For Peace is Now:https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/21086324/watch-annie-caldwell-discuss-the-power-of-gospel-music

There are several events at this year’s AmericanaFest, currently taking place in Nashville, TN, to celebrate the release of The Time For Peace is Now. A full weekend schedule can be found below.

The Time For Peace Is Now Tracklist:

1. The Little Shadows - Time For Peace

2. Rev. Harvey Gates - It’s Hard To Live In This Old World

3. The Floyd Family Singers - That’s A Sign Of The Times

4. Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals - Keep Your Faith To The Sky

5. James Bynum - We Are In Need

6. The Religious Souls - Condition The World Is In

7. The Triumphs - We Don’t Love Enough

8. The Gospel I.Q.’s - Peace In The Land

9. Staples Jr. Singers - We Got A Race To Run

10. The Soul Stirrers - I’m Trying To Be Your Friend

11. Willie Dale - Let Your Light Shine

12. Rev. Harvey Gates - Price Of Love

13. The Mighty Reverlaires - Sunshine After Every Rain

14. The William Singers - Don’t Give Up

The Time For Peace is Now AmericanaFest Schedule

Panel: Navigating African-American Gospel in the 1970s

When: Friday, September 13 at 3:30pm

Participants: Yale Evelev, Annie Caldwell, Kevin Nutt

Location: The Westin - Gulch III

Luaka Bop's Yale Evelev, gospel scholar and host of WFMU's Sinner's Crossroads Kevin Nutt and Annie Caldwell of the Caldwell Sisters and the Time For Peace-featured Staples Jr. Singers.

Americanarama XII - Caldwell Sisters Performance

When: Saturday, September 14, 2019

Location: Grimey's, 1060 East Trinity Lane, Nashville, TN 37216

Annie Caldwell and the Caldwell Sisters (spiritual successors to the Staples Jr. Singers) perform as part of Grimey's annual Americanarama. Watch The Caldwell Sisters demolish a crowd in West Point, MS: https://youtu.be/w6x_Q9ZMMs8?t=35

The Ninth Annual Gospel Brunch

When: Sunday, September 15 at 11am

Location: City Winery

The Caldwell Singers join a stacked lineup at City Winery's Ninth Annual Gospel Brunch, including Elizabeth Cook, Bonnie Bishop, Delbert McClinton and more.

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