Gospel Music: The Sound of Hope (Softback)

Beautifully written, Gospel Music: The Sound of Hope highlights influential individuals and pivotal events that created, developed and sustained the gospel music genre.  This study from the transporting of African culture during the transatlantic slave trade to its progression during the civil rights era and on to present day is told with passion and conviction via extensive research and examples of representative lyrics and musical scores.  It offers an outline of the black experience and examines the importance and impact of gospel music in America and around the world.