The Sunday Drop Archives
Every edition of HotSupper, preserved for the record.
One song. One story. Every Sunday. Browse editions spanning five years of soul, funk, gospel, blues, and R&B — from the artists who shaped the music we love.
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The Sunday Drop · 2026-07-19
"My Favorite Things" -- John Coltrane (1961)
A Broadway show tune from The Sound of Music became the vehicle for John Coltrane's most radical statement: 14 minutes of modal jazz that made him a star and changed American music forever.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-07-19
"My Favorite Things" -- John Coltrane (1961)
Version 2 — written from primary sources: Monson, Porter, Titlestad, Signifyin(g) framework. A story, not a Wikipedia digest.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-07-05
"Motherless Child" -- The Blind Boys of Alabama (2001)
A spiritual born in slavery, carried through the Civil Rights Movement, and sung across genres by Paul Robeson, Mahalia Jackson, and Richie Havens. The Blind Boys of Alabama stripped it bare and revealed what was always there.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-06-21
"I'm Coming Out" -- Diana Ross (1980)
The idea came to Nile Rodgers in a bathroom stall, surrounded by men dressed as Diana Ross. An anthem was born.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-06-14
"I Found My Smile Again" -- D'Angelo (1995)
A deep cut from Brown Sugar, buried on the album's second half. A song about someone helping you find a part of yourself you thought was gone.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-06-14
"Can We Pretend" -- Bill Withers (1974)
The proposition is absurd: to paint tomorrow with no colors from today. Bill Withers asked anyway, with Jose Feliciano on piano and Dorothy Ashby on harp.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-06-01
"You Haven't Done Nothing" -- Stevie Wonder (1974)
The clavinet riff is a typewriter slammed on a desk. The message is three words long: you have produced nothing.
The Sunday Drop · 2026-05-31
"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" -- T-Bone Walker (1947)
The B-side that defined electric blues guitar. T-Bone Walker bent a note in 1947 and every guitarist since has been catching up.
Image Credits
1,449 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
