Saturday, January 10, 2009

Gospel Music Channel - Mini-Review

Good evening! I'm getting in a little late today since I was celebrating my birthday with my family. But I wanted to share the website for Gospel Music Channel with you.

A lot of times when you mention the words "gospel music" you think of one thing: large choirs of mostly African-American women singing older spirituals and hymns from the sixties and seventies. But the gospel music world has expanded so much from the days of strictly being something kept in the four walls of the church to music that has something to offer every member of the family, no matter what ethnic group you're in or what kind of church you came up in. [Or if you didn't attend church at all.]

If you look at today's homepage you'll find links for artists as diverse as Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir from New York, Wynonna Judd, and the Newsboys, a predominantly pop/rock group. But the important thing about gospel music isn't the style of music, but the message behind is. Gospel literally means "good news", after all. So when you get a chance, check this website out to listen to some of the songs & see some of the videos. Then find out if your cable or satellite system carries them. If not, you might want to encourage them to add them to the channel line-up. It'd be worth it! Have a good evening!

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