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3 days ago · Virginia Gorlinski. Gospel music, genre of American Protestant music, rooted in the religious revivals of the 19th century, which developed in different directions within the white and Black communities of the United States. Prominent composers and practitioners included Mahalia Jackson, Rev. C.L. Franklin, and Billy Sunday.
2 days ago · When mixed with the Christian spiritual songs of African American churches and revival meetings, blues became the basis of gospel music. Modern gospel began in African American churches in the 1920s, in the form of worshipers proclaiming their faith in an improvised, often musical manner (testifying).
5 days ago · It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz, and swing music. It was also influenced by gospel, country and western, and traditional folk music.
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5 days ago · The sound and the meaning of "We Shall Overcome," a powerful testament to the human spirit in light of current racism, and the polyphony of the multiple voice singing, becomes some of the sound of soul music of the 1960s. No one charts this move from the black church to the airwaves better in my mind than Sam Cooke.
3 days ago · The new year-round channel features uplifting, harmony-driven Gospel music with stories, inspiration, and hope from Bill Gaither and more. Included among the dozens of artists you’ll hear regularly are the Gaither Vocal Band, Booth Brothers, Brian Free & Assurance, Karen Peck & New River, Greater Vision, Talleys, Perrys, Joseph Habedank, Jeff ...
4 days ago · The foundations of rock music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various black musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music , with country and western .
3 days ago · Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”. 6/1/2024 (Saturday) Today’s gospel reflection / sermon / homily: Mark 11:27-33. The gospel reading above tells us a moment when Jesus was in Jerusalem, walking through the temple courts and confronted by the chief priests, teachers of the law, and elders.
