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Gospel greats strum the soul: compilation, Cash release give gospel genre its due as country music's muse
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and New Haven Records have compiled what they believe are the 20 best country gospel tunes. This compilation, ......(Continue Reading) New Yorkers sing just for the joy of it: gospel music touches souls, attracts Broadway performers of varied faiths - Theater
Michael McElroy likes watching the Catholic members of his choir. Having grown up in congregations with unenthusiastic singing, they don't quite know ......(Continue Reading)Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song. - Review - book review
Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song. By Brian Wren. Westminster John Knox, 385 pp., $22.95. In one of his earliest hymns, Brian Wren wrote that "we will not question or re...(Continue Reading)Why Gospel Remains So Popular - gospel music - Abstract
Gospel music sells the 6th most records of any musical category in the US. According to gospel singers, the style remains popular in 1998 because it has ......(Continue Reading)O politics where art thou? - The First Words … - politics and popular music - Editorial
Over the years, I've fielded calls from a number of newspaper reporters querying one aspect of folk music (or the "folk revival") or another. A recurrent ......(Continue Reading)
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