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Back in 1975, when the Staples Jr. Singers were just teenagers growing up in the small, rural town of Aberdeen, Mississippi, they made a single record together, When Do We Get Paid—which, because of its rarity, became coveted by gospel soul collectors. In 2022, Luaka Bop reissued When Do We Get Paid to a wealth of praise and the Singers finally had their time in the sun.
This weekend is your chance to see the Staples Jr. Singers live in The Netherlands.
Fri. July 5 – Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
Sat. July 6 – Rotterdam, NL @ BIRD
Since the recent success of When Do We Get Paid, the Singers have now concluded four successful tours of Europe—before that they had never been on a plane, let alone left the South—including celebrated appearances at Le Guess Who?, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and WOMAD UK, as well as sold out shows in Köln, Stockholm, and Paris, among so many others. This July, celebrating the release of the new album Searching, they’ll return to Europe for a tour that begins in Paris on a double bill with Gregory Porter, and then takes them to Roskilde, the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany.
“We want to go on tour and do many things that we didn’t get the chance to do in the beginning of life,” said Annie, “Because the time and money wasn’t there. It all came late, being in our sixties now—but it looks like it’s just beginning, you know? Life is just beginning for us.”
