SHORT TAKES : Staples, Barrett Sisters to Team
Pops Staples and the Barrett Sisters, two of the biggest names in gospel music, will perform this weekend at the Chicago Gospel Festival.
Staples, the patriarch of the Staple Singers, helped define the crossover of gospel music to mainstream with the hit “I’ll Take You There.”
Staples, the youngest of 14 children, and his group got their first job in 1948 in New Orleans and have been singing the joyful sounds ever since.
The Barrett Sisters have performed in concert halls throughout the nation and overseas and were featured in the movie “Say Amen Somebody.” The sisters lead off the afternoon and evening sessions of the two-day festival at Grant Park on Saturday. Pops Staples performs Sunday afternoon.
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