Pioneers
What we now call "Traditional Gospel" has not always been. It was a radical infusion, that created a new genre that has deep history in life and faith in God through Jesus Christ.
Arizona Dranes
In the 1920s, the sound of music in the black church underwent a revolution. She began recording in 1926 with Okeh Records, first as a solo artist and later with choirs and various other artists and groups.
Thomas A Dorsey
Read More
Gospel was thought too worldly in 1917 when Willie Mae Ford moved to St. Louis, but she was to change that.
Willie Mae Ford
Listen on you Android Device or Iphone
Mobile
Computers
Laptops
Born in 1896, Sallie Martin was the first singer of Gospel songs. Her down-home style was initially at odds with Thomas A. Dorsey’s fledgling movement.
Sallie Martin
Walter Hawkins pioneered a new wave in gospel music in the 1970s
Walter Hawkins
The driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound,
James Cleveland
REJOICE & SHOUT covers 200 years of musical history of African-American Christianity, featuring the legends of Gospel music, including The Staple Singers, The Clara Ward Singers, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Culled from hundreds of hours of music, tracing the evolution of gospel music through its many styles the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing, the emergence of soul, and the blending of rap and hip-hop elements. It connects the history of African-American culture with gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large and captures so much of what is special about this music and African-American Christianity.
Gospel Never Dies... Just Magnifies