Washington Phillips was a Texan gospel singer who recorded the tracks that would go on to make up ‘What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?’ between 1927-1929, however it was not until 2005 that these tracks were brought together as an album and released by Mississippi Records as such. Since the release of this record Phillips has gone from relative obscurity to something of a deserved cult figure who’s work has been covered by Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), and also used by highly influential Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood as part of his score for the major motion picture, ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’, released in 2011. Continue Reading….
