11/6/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Ain’t It Like Him (That’s Just Like Jesus): Edwin Hawkins & the Edwin Hawkins Singers Featuring Walter and Tramaine Hawkins

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Ain’t It Like Him (That’s Just Like Jesus): Edwin Hawkins & the Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Walter and Tramaine Hawkins –  Piano: Edwin Hawkins Organ: Daniel Hawkins Continue reading

10/30/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: GKBrizzy- Order My Steps/Unstoppable

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New Christian Rap artist Gkbrizzy shares his music video for his rendition of Order My Steps/Unstoppable.  Continue reading

10/23/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: William McDowell – Spirit Break Out (featuring Trinity Anderson)

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William McDowell presents Spirit Break Out (featuring Trinity Anderson) from his new album Sounds Of Revival.  Continue reading

10/23/16 O&A NYC THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Third Debate

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Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton held the third and final debate last week and Saturday Night Live presents the third and (unfortunately) final debate parody. Chris Wallace (Tom Hanks) moderates the final debate between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon). Continue reading

1/21/18 (Repost) O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Oh Happy Day- Edwin Hawkins Singers

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Oh Happy Day is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969. Hawkins’ arrangement quickly became a “standard” and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. It was included on the RIAA Songs of the Century list and won Hawkins a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1970.  Continue reading

10/9/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tramaine Hawkins- Changed (Featuring All Star Encore Perfromance)

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Changed performed by Gospel legend Tramaine Hawkins and written by husband Walter Hawkins. Tramaine Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Doves, and 19 Stellar Awards. Continue reading

9/24/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Caravans – Mary Don’t You Weep featuring Inez Andrews

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Robert Anderson started The Caravans in 1947. The group reached its peak popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, launching the careers of a number of artists, including: Albertina Walker, Delores Washington, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Reverend James Cleveland, Dorothy Norwood, Bessie Griffin, Josephine Howard, and Loleatta Holloway.

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9/24/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Genius Of Richard Smallwood

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Richard Smallwood is the Black Brahms of Gospel music. His lush orchestrations and choral arrangements are the hallmarks of his signature sound. An accomplished pianist, composer, arranger, vocalist and choral conductor Smallwood graduated cum laude from Howard University with degrees in both vocal performance and piano, and  graduate work in the field of ethnomusicology. He finished his Masters degree in Divinity from Howard University in 2004 and was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2006. 
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9/17/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Doubt is Real

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Doubt is Real, part of the new generation of Christian spoken work and gospel rap, continues in the tradition of the Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, BeBe and CeCe. Winans and Kirk Franklin, by praising God through popular culture.  Continue reading