The Gospel -- the category, the lineage, the argument that this music belongs wherever it's needed. Ray Charles recorded 'Swing Low' in 1959, taking a spiritual that slaves sang on plantations and making it swing. Marvin Sapp's 'Never Would Have Made It' spent 45 weeks on Billboard's gospel chart. Solomon Burke was a bishop who sang soul. Graham Central Station's Larry Graham played 'The Lord's Prayer' on a slap bass. Mavis Staples, who marched with King as a teenager, sang 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' in her 70s. The Dixie Hummingbirds, harmonizing together since 1928, took Paul Simon's folk song to the pop charts. The Sweet Inspirations sang 'Jesus' before they backed Aretha and Elvis. The Impressions turned a simple word from a movie into a movement. Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother, sang a children's spiritual as a woman who had seen the world. Gospel doesn't ask permission. It shows up where it's needed.
gospel · 14 tracks
gospel · 14 tracks
The Gospel
The Gospel -- the category, the lineage, the argument that this music belongs wherever it's needed. Ray Charles recorded 'Swing Low' in 1959, taking a spiritual that slaves sang on plantations and making it swing. Marvin Sapp's 'Never Would Have Made It' spent 45 weeks on Billboard's gospel chart. Solomon Burke was a bishop who sang soul. Graham Central Station's Larry Graham played 'The Lord's Prayer' on a slap bass. Mavis Staples, who marched with King as a teenager, sang 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' in her 70s. The Dixie Hummingbirds, harmonizing together since 1928, took Paul Simon's folk song to the pop charts. The Sweet Inspirations sang 'Jesus' before they backed Aretha and Elvis. The Impressions turned a simple word from a movie into a movement. Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother, sang a children's spiritual as a woman who had seen the world. Gospel doesn't ask permission. It shows up where it's needed.
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk).
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The Gospel -- the category, the lineage, the argument that this music belongs wherever it's needed. Ray Charles recorded 'Swing Low' in 1959, taking a spiritual that slaves sang on plantations and making it swing. Marvin Sapp's 'Never Would Have Made It' spent 45 weeks on Billboard's gospel chart. Solomon Burke was a bishop who sang soul. Graham Central Station's Larry Graham played 'The Lord's Prayer' on a slap bass. Mavis Staples, who marched with King as a teenager, sang 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' in her 70s. The Dixie Hummingbirds, harmonizing together since 1928, took Paul Simon's folk song to the pop charts. The Sweet Inspirations sang 'Jesus' before they backed Aretha and Elvis. The Impressions turned a simple word from a movie into a movement. Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother, sang a children's spiritual as a woman who had seen the world. Gospel doesn't ask permission. It shows up where it's needed.
No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.
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Image Credits
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk).
1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from
Deezer (promotional artwork).
