Glory performed by Karen Clark Sheard and the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra featuring Jessica Care Moore, and the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Gospel
4/23/17 O&A NYC GOSPELSUNDAY: 23rd Psalm- Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin performs 23rd Psalm featuring SLIXS & Friends, live in Gdansk, Poland at the Solidarity of Arts Festival, 17 August 2013. Continue reading
4/16/17 O&A NYC EASTER GOSPEL SUNDAY: Daryl Coley- When Sunday Comes
When Sunday Comes performed by Daryl Coley was featured on Donald Lawrence’s 1995 gospel narrative album Bible Stories (1995). Continue reading
3/14/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Calvary- Richard Smalwood and Vision
Richard Smallwood’s Calvary, led by Maurette Brown Clark, Darlene Simmons, and Carolene Hatchet, combines good compositional form with strong dramatic narrative elements creating a true gospel classic.
3/19/17 O&A NYC Gospel Sunday- Celebrating Women’s History Month: Dottie Peoples
Dottie Peoples has been a star in the gospel music industry for more than 30 years, since she was nine years old. Called the Songbird of the South by Atlanta WAOK radio announcer Brother Esmond Patterson, Peoples won the top four honors at the 1995 Stellar Awards with her album, On Time God. Continue reading
3/12/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY- CELEBRATING WOMEN’S MONTH: Mahalia Jackson- How Great Thou Art
Mahalia Jackson sings How Great Thou Art. From her first million-copy seller in 1946 until her death in 1972 Mahalia Jackson (born 1911) was the face and voice of gospel music for millions around the world. These television appearances from 1957 to 1962 catch her at her vocal and interpretive peak. Continue reading
2/26/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tamela Mann- God Provides (Live)
Tamela Mann sings God Provides (Live) the sophomore single from her 2016 album release, One Way. Continue reading
2/10/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Mourner’s Bench- Talley Beatty Choreographer
Talley Beatty choreographed and performed Mourner’s Bench in 1947. It represents the anguish and loss for former slaves, now free men, killed during the Reconstruction Era at the beginning of the rise of the Klu Klux Klan. Beatty explained to me, “People were murdered by the Klan and at daybreak their relatives would find their bodies in the fields still covered in the morning dew.”
2/5/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Daryl Coley- When Sunday Comes
Daryl Coley began performing with Edwin Hawkins in the Edwin Hawkins Singers. He played keyboards for The Hawkins Family from 1977 until he left to collaborate with James Cleveland in 1983. Continue reading
1/29/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: BeBe & CeCe Winans- Heaven
Heaven, the third album released in September 1988 by brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans. The single Heaven and the album of the same name reached number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Continue reading
