Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments
Sundays 8:35 am; Mondays at 4:48am. 6:48am, 8:48am and 5:48pm.
Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories - and plays recordings - from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project in an on-going weekly series of two-minute segments. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.
Latest Episodes
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The Gospel Messengers’ 45 “Joy Like a River” is a full-tilt romp – one long gospel vamp! -
The Spiritual 5 released some fine gospel music during their few years together, including this dramatic rendition of “Sweet By and By.”
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Bishop Wm. Morris O’Neile and the Voices of Universal’s impassioned version of “My Tribute (to God be the Glory)” is the definitive interpretation of this classic.
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Olivia Branch Walker may not be a household name in gospel music, but her “Jesus, the Baby King” is a great way to end the year!
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For more than 40 years, the husband and wife duo The Consolers continued to perform old school, deeply traditional gospel music.
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The Sunset Jubilaires, led by the multi-talented Barnes brothers, had a gospel hit in 1983 with “Let’s Go to Church on Christmas Day
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The pride of South Carolina, the Gerald Sisters have released passionate, high quality traditional gospel music for more than 40 years.
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Deep-voiced Jimmy Jones was one of the few lead bass singers to lead his own group – the Sensationals – in the history of gospel music.
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The Victory Travelers are one of the last remaining examples of the hard-driving gospel quartet sound of the 1960s.
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Detroit’s The Shackleford Singers bring the gospel funk with their explosive record, “Been to the Water.”
