The jackson southernaires biography of abraham
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'The Gospel According to Malaco' Is a Major Addition to the Canon of Black Expression
People who go to a black church take faith in the community, the fellowship, the messages of hope and salvation. But they live for the moments when the choir catches wreck.
One such moment happened when Dr, Charles G. namn and the Cosmopolitan Church of bön Choir recorded "Jesus Can Work it Out" at some point in the late '70s or early '80s. You can tell from the opening beats that it just might be one of those moments when everyone goes home with the music ringing in their ears. The rhythm section hits it from the jump, and the choir falls in (their handclaps are almost perfect, no need for a click track here). solist Dianne Williams testifies "I turned it over to the Lord, and He worked it out" with a passion those words on this screen will never convey, with the choir seconding "oh yeahhhh". Then Williams gets to talking about her bad habits, confessing "I started praying about it" six ti
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Parade of Quartets History
The Parade of Quartets began in 1953 in the transition of WJBF radio to television. Under the leadership of J. B. Fuqua, Steve Manderson located African-American gospel groups to appear on the program, and also hosted the program. At that time each group acquired sponsors to pay for their time on the air. This allowed many businesses that normally could not get on television, an opportunity to advertise their products and services. Also, with its vast viewing audience, many businesses found the program to be an excellent vehicle to reach the African American community.
Originally, this Sunday morning program was on for two and one-half hours. Some of the original groups to appear included the Abraham Brothers, Swanee Quintet, Veteran Harmonizers, Gospel Echo Soul Stirrers, and others. The groups would sing, talk about their sponsor and then announce there engagements where they would be singing. Most of these engagements were benefit programs for churc
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I’ve compiled a playlist of songs of thanks to God for life, beauty, family, salvation, fruitful harvests, and countless other blessings, and for God’s very self. To make a list on this theme is difficult, as every praise song, of which there are millions, is essentially a song of thanksgiving. So many songs and other musical pieces, including those from outside the Judeo-Christian tradition, testify to experiences of goodness. Perhaps I’m being too literal, but I focus (though not exclusively) on songs that explicitly say “Thanks.” I also want to make clear that God deserves thanks not just for what he’s done but for who he is.
To save the playlist to your Spotify account, click the ellipsis and select “Add to Your Library.”
The list is bookended by the seventeenth-century Trinitarian doxology written by Thomas Ken (“Praise God from whom all blessings flow . . .”), which many churches sing weekly to the tune of OLD 100TH. While the first on the list is in English, t