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Al Green

July 2020

  • A band gather to practise in a sunny garden.

    Brief letters
    Rise of illicit activity in our back gardens

    Brief letters: The Tories | Johnson’s Scotland visit | Lawbreaking saxophonists | God | Plebs

February 2019

  • Al Green performing in 2007.

    Al Green announces first tour in seven years

    Soul legend will play five dates across the American south from late April

July 2018

  • Marvin Gaye, 1978

    Behind the scenes with the biggest soul stars of the 70s

    Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder – Bruce W Talamon photographed them all. His images, collected in a new book, capture an era before publicists controlled their stars

April 2018

  • Al Green

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about loneliness

    Among the artists feeling alone this week are the Pixies, Al Green, Jimi Hendrix and the Who

January 2018

  • Poet Danez Smith

    ‘Every poem is political’: Danez Smith, the YouTube star shaking up poetry

    Smith’s dear white america was a viral phenomenon. Launching a new collection, Don’t Call Us Dead, the poet is in polemical mood about the black experience in the US

April 2016

  • Al Green in 1970.

    10 of the best
    Al Green – 10 of the best

    From a chequered career, the tussle between the religious and the secular is audible on all of Green’s best songs – even the ones he hates

August 2015

  • Obama, according to Spotify, enjoys listening to Sly and the Family Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime."

    Potus playlist: Barack Obama shares his favorite summer tracks on Spotify

    The US president freshens America’s musical palate with a survey of tried-and-true classics and discoverable new artists ranging from soul to rock to jazz

July 2015

  • Rev Al Green outside the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1989.

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 16 July 1984: Al Green leaves soul music for gospel

    The Guardian, 16 July 1984: Green’s performance has exchanged one form of transcendence for another, sexual love for spiritual faith, but it is still about ecstasy

December 2014

  • Sting with fellow recipients of Kennedy Center honours, ballerina Patricia McBride (left) and comedian Lily Tomlin.

    Sting among five stars to receive Kennedy Center honour

    British pop star, along with Tom Hands, Lily Tomlin, Al Green and Patricia McBride, awarded America’s highest accolade for influencing culture through the arts

October 2014

  • Beatles

    10 of the best
    Beatles cover versions: 10 of the best

    There are thousands of Beatles covers, but which ones are worth listening to? Dip in a toe, with our expertly curated guide …

September 2014

  • Chuck D

    Pop's holy rollers

    Angus Batey: Chuck D sees rap as god-talk, Sheila E walked through fire, and Steve Arrington saved his soul … here’s what happens when stars find faith

July 2013

  • The Clash at the Rock against Racism carnival

    From Rock's Backpages
    Nick Hornby's favourite music – a classic interview from the vaults

    This week Nick Hornby visits Rock's Backpages Albums Club, and to mark the occasion we bring you this discussion of his favourite songs, originally published in 2002 at Rock's Backpages itself

June 2013

  • Frank Ocean at Oya festival 2012

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: songs with falsetto – results

    From modal yodels to the glory of Al Green, RR regular Magicman picks the best songs from last week's topic

February 2012

  • Valentine

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend: Valentine's Day songs – results

    From Al Green to Yello, this is dedicated to the one you love

January 2012

  • Barack Obama sings Al Green - video

    President Barack Obama receives a rapturous reception from supporters in New York when he sings few bars of Al Green's soul music classic Let's Stay Together

June 2010

  • Al Green

    This much I know
    This much I know: Al Green

    The pastor and musician, 64, on love, life in the fast lane, and being born again

January 2010

  • Willie Mitchell

    Willie Mitchell obituary

    Memphis musician who produced soul classics and made a star of Al Green

July 2009

  • Al Green

    Al Green on fame, God and Michael Jackson

    The soul legend explains why he left behind fame to find God and become a minister

October 2008

  • Hallelujah!

  • Al Green performing Let's Stay Together

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