The Staples Jr. Singers

In the organizer's words:

With their music, the Staples Jr. Singers family band offers an interplay of testifying grooves and gospel. In their own songs, they convince with hard-hitting soul.

"We were so weird and we were so young," says Edward Brown, lead singer of the Staples Jr. Singers, "and a lot of people didn't get it."

The music of the Staples Jr. Singers is characterized by its connection to the life experiences of the musicians.

Growing up in Aberdeen, Mississippi, they played their first gigs as teenagers along the Tombigbee River in the 1970s. In their own songs, they process what they have experienced and seen; the headwind after the official dissolution of segregation in 1964, poverty and civil rights.

In 1975, the Staples Jr. Singers, who named themselves after their role models in the folk-gospel band "The Staple Singers", released their first and only album entitled "When Do We Get Paid". After being out of print for a long time and a copy of the album being auctioned off for €750, the album is now being re-released on the New York record label "Luaka Bop".

After 40 years, they are now back on stage together and are coming to Europe to play at major festivals such as Glastonbury in England and Rosklide in Denmark in 2024.

They will also be making the trip to Oldenburg and we are delighted to welcome them to this year's Kultursommer!