"Music is well said to be the speech of angels." - Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

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View Article  Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - 'Lux Aurumque'
View Article  Marion Williams - When Was Jesus born - 1980

View Article  "Wasn't that a Mighty Day?" from "Black Nativity - In Concert: A Gospel Celebration"

"Wasn't that a Mighty Day?" from "Black Nativity - In Concert: A Gospel Celebration" - Aaron Robinson, Conductor - David Goulet, soloist - The Black Nativity Chorus - Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland, Maine - December 11th, 2004
View Article  Give Me A Clean Heart - James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir

View Article  Highway to Heaven - Pentecostals of Alexandria

http://www.thepentecostals.org

View Article  Stevie Wonder's As by Perpetuum Jazzile, performed live at Vokal Xtravaganzza 2008 (October 2008)

View Article  Choir (Perpetuum Jazzile) create a rainstorm with hands

View Article  Bobby McFerrin and the Pentatonic Scale

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.


View Article  Blues singer Koko Taylor dies at 80
"All music derives from blues and gospel," Taylor once said. "When you seek a higher power, that gives you the gospel. When you want to share your experience so that you can move on and go on, that's the blues. It doesn't have to be depressing. It's life itself."   more »
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http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=723115C1D30E8A41
View Article  Saviour Pass Me Not - The Swan Silvertones

View Article  Blind Boys of Alabama win 5th Grammy

BLIND BOYS WIN 5th GRAMMY!!!!!
Sat, Feb. 8 2020
The Blind Boys win Grammy 
for 'best traditional gospel album' 
for critically acclaimed 'Down In New Orleans'!
View Article  HUSH- Golden Gate Quartet
Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 5 (1945-1949) by The Golden Gate Quartet.                               
* Date Released: September 7, 2000
* Genre: Blues
* Style: Chicago Blues
* Label: Document Records / The Orchard

Emusic

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View Article  Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert
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View Article  Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Check out this program on SBS:

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story at 22:00pm, Tuesday 30th December, 2008

Hot Docs - The story of Stax Records began in the late 1950s when Mr Stewart, a white bank teller, and his sister Estelle Axton took over an old movie theatre in a Memphis neighbourhood, with plans to use it as a studio for recording country music. At a time when the local pool chose to shut down rather than abide by an order to allow blacks and whites to swim together, Stax Records completely ignored segregation. It was this complete commitment to talent which saw Stax launch the careers of unknowns, who went on to record international chart-topping hits such as "Soul Man," "Dock of the Bay," "Green Onions," "Midnight Hour," and "Respect Yourself". With artists such as Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Luther Ingram, Albert King, the Bar-Kays, Booker T. & the MG's, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus and Carla Thomas signed to the label - Stax grew to become one of the most important music recording studios in the world. (From the US, in English) (Documentary) CC WS              

Find out more at http://www.sbs.com.au/television

See also http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/stax/
View Article  When was Jesus born? - Marion Williams

View Article  Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1868; first ap­peared in Songs of De­vo­tion, by How­ard Doane (New York: 1870).
Music: W. How­ard Doane, 1870

Barrett Sisters Pass Me Not My Gentle Saviour


Mc Hammer - Do Not Pass Me By


View Article  Miriam Makeba, Singer, Dies at 76

LONDON — Miriam Makeba, a South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her own country though her music was formally banned by the apartheid authorities she struggled against, died early Monday after performing at a concert in Italy. She was 76.

See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/world/africa/11makeba.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink


View Article  From the Festival of Perth...House of the Holy Afro
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View Article  Say Amen, Somebody

...Anthony Heilbut describes the film as an exploration of "the golden age of gospel music in its dying hour"

http://www.sayamensomebody.net/

View Article  Stay on the Right Side of the Road

View Article  Won't We Have A Time - Rev Cleophus Robinson & Loving Sisters

See also "I Know We'll Have a Happy Time" - Echo Gospel Singers

View Article  Too close to Heaven: The History of Gospel Music

View Article  Come Sunday
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View Article  Heavenly King Juniors and the Douglas Singers

"Saturday Oct 13, we were honoured to attend rehearsals of both the Heavenly King Juniors and the Douglas Singers who work together. This mob don’t just go through the motions when rehearsing, it’s not just about the dots, it’s an opportunity to worship once again, and they sing with as much intensity and committment to 13 visitors as if they were singing to a full house. These guys can sing. " - Tony Backhouse

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View Article  In memory of Barbara Ledger Johns
Barbara Ledger Johns sang with Band of Angels some years ago. Sadly, Barbara passed away this week from the effects of cancer.   more »
View Article  Chicago gospel -- A musical snapshot

A YouTube find passed on by Deb. The first shot is of Trinity Church.

We were there.

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View Article  Come On Up to the House - Redux


View Article  Silent Night - Soul Children of Chicago

View Article  Tom Waits - Come On Up to the House

Waits music video directed by Anders Lövgren

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View Article  Acapella - Sister Shout - Come on up to the House

A familiar arrangment with the rest of the words...

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View Article  Inez Andrews And The Andrewettes - What Love

A earlier version of "What Love" courtesy of YouTube

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View Article  Soul Children of Chicago - Oh Mary Don't You Weep with Inez Andrews

Thanks to Tony Backhouse for finding them on YouTube. Lots more to offer if you follow the link back to YouTube

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