Called the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program ... For example, listen to 1954’s “It Must Be Jesus” by The Southern Tones ...

Until that time national audiences had heard only caricatures of Southern music in the performances of the black-face minstrels ... forms such as Cajun, cowboy, gospel (African- and European ...

February 2, 2025 • The Bells of Zion were practitioners of a particular sub-genre, a soulful, particularly Southern brand of downhome gospel music. January 29, 2025 • Chicago legend Jessy ...