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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You’re not likely to hear a more creative interpretation of the old carol “We Three Kings” than this one by the Williams Brothers.
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The legendary Soul Stirrers recorded a handful of Christmas songs in the late 1960s, including the pop-oriented “Christmas Joy.”
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The Gospel Starlet’s version of the old folk spiritual “Children Go Where I Send Thee” owes much to legendary producer Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” approach.
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Odetta was a national treasure and her rendition of the old spiritual “Go Tell It on the Mountain” may well be the definitive version.
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“I’m Going to Work” is a sterling gospel release by the powerful vocalist Melvin Boyd and the Fabulous Ohio Wonders.
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The Melody Kings of Los Angeles epitomize a certain deep-South soulful gospel with “I’m Going to Walk Through the Streets.”
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The Georgia Mass Choir conduct a master class on the power of gospel music with their live version of “I’m Going to Hold Out.”
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The powerful voice of Louise McCord is featured on the Thomas Whitfield produced gospel stomper, “I’m Going On.”
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The Majestic Male Choir of Atlanta, Georgia’s “Saved by the Power” is an uptempo, all-out gospel stomper!
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That’s the glorious bass-baritone voice of McHenry Boatwright singing and playing piano on the old spiritual, “Let Us Break Bread Together.”