Praise The Lord! Gospel Music In Washington, DC

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In April 1998, a call went out to members of the Washington, D.C., church community: The Smithsonian Institution's Anocostia Museum and the Center for African American History and Culture was going to host an open gospel recording session. The result is Praise the Lord, a collection of 15 performances offered by 8 acts and recorded over the course of 3 days at the city's Bible Way Temple. Washington, D.C., has long upheld a reputation for being a gospel hotbed and this fine anthology indicates that the tradition continues. In those three days solo artists, duos, quartets, and choirs turned up; what's heard are bedrock vocal styles fused to contemporary instrumentation (one can't help but long for a little more piano and organ, and a bit less newfangled keyboard stylings), providing a view into a living tradition that borrows from contemporary pop and R&B. The smartly assembled package includes comprehensive notes, lyrics, and a list of suggested listening. --Steven Stolder

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Praise the Lord - Gospel Music in Washington DC

Praise The Lord! Gospel Music In Washington, DC
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000G4OI
Release Date: 1999-01-19

I'll Go - Firstfruit
Sweet, Sweet Spirit - The Curenton Family
Thank You, Lord - Alvin Dockett And Blessed
Welcome Into This Place - Charmaine Faunteroy And Herbert Jackson
Standing On The Promises - Bible Way Temple Radiio Choir
The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow - Salvation Music Ministry
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - Herbert Jackson
This Is The Day - The Nannie Helen Burroughs School Choir
I Need Thee Every Hour/A Praying Spirit - The Curenton Family
Search My Heart, Lord - Salvation Music Ministry
Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Precious Lord Take My Hand) - Charmaine Faunteroy
We Will Work - The Nannie Helen Burroughs School Choir
The Old Rugged Cross/(On A Hill Far Away) - Firstfruit
My Soul Is A Witness For The Lord - Shiloh Baptist Church Senior Choir
Over My Head - Alvin Dockett And Blessed

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In April 1998, a call went out to members of the Washington, D.C., church community: The Smithsonian Institution's Anocostia Museum and the Center for African American History and Culture was going to host an open gospel recording session. The result is Praise the Lord, a collection of 15 performances offered by 8 acts and recorded over the course of 3 days at the city's Bible Way Temple. Washington, D.C., has long upheld a reputation for being a gospel hotbed and this fine anthology indicates that the tradition continues. In those three days solo artists, duos, quartets, and choirs turned up; what's heard are bedrock vocal styles fused to contemporary instrumentation (one can't help but long for a little more piano and organ, and a bit less newfangled keyboard stylings), providing a view into a living tradition that borrows from contemporary pop and R&B. The smartly assembled package includes comprehensive notes, lyrics, and a list of suggested listening. --Steven Stolder

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Praise the Lord - Gospel Music in Washington DC.......2005-04-08

This was not a good CD. Maybe another one they come out with will be better

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