The final entrant in The Daily Music Break’s Great Americans Week is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Tharpe is a cornerstone of modern American music who embodies...
Category - Religious/Spiritual/Gospel
“People Get Ready” is special for three reasons. First, simply is that it is a terrific song. The second is that it’s deeply universal...
Listening to gospel as music comes with a bit of tension. Performances actually are part of a religious service. it also is a religion of which I am not an...
There is something profound about the refrain of the song “Jesus on the Mainline.” It is not going to church or synagogue to find god. It is...
Musicians of all stripes, when asked about their influences, put cite gospel high on the list. It is a cornerstone of American music. It feels sometimes odd to...
Ry Cooder mentioned Joseph Spence in an interview I listened to on YouTube. That’s all you need to hear to know that the guy is important. For some...
When it really gets going, there is nothing as great good old fashion gospel music. It’s not a musical thing, really. Of course, the folks involved are...
The Gothamist has the fascinating story of Lipa Schmeltzer, a member of the Skver sect of Chasidic Judaism. The singer/danger/songwriter is trying to modernize...
This post actually focuses on two people: Eva Jessye and Mari Newland, and features an interview with the latter. There are a lot of extremely important people...
This is what One This Day In Jazz Age Music says about Eva Jessye, who was born on this day in 1895: Eva Jessye, an African-American singer, composer, choral...
