God Has Smiled | Digital Traditions
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Full congregation singing hymn, Traditional Gospel and Praise ServiceAudio
Song excerpt from Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters AnthologyGospel/Spirituals
Music that explores themes of Christian belief and biblical history, and is popular among black and whites alike. Their renditions may differ significantly, in keeping with the cultural/stylistic traits of blues and old-time coun¬try/bluegrass, respectively. Early African American spirituals, church hymnody, and blues formed the basis for the rise of gospel music in the 1930s. Sacred music has many stylistic variations – 3 and 4 part harmony, shape-note, common meter hymn choir, call-and-response, and praise house are all a part of gospel’s foundation.
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Gonna Move Across the River | Bill Pinkney | Digital Traditions
Great Judgment Morning | Digital Traditions
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Sam Porcher is a resident of Awendaw, SC (Charleston County) resident who likes to sing old gospel songs and do recitations of passages.
Guide Me Oh Thy Great Jehovah | Digital Traditions
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The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
Gumbo Metaphor | Digital Tradition
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Father Campbell served as the pastor of Camp Baskervill in Pawleys Island, SC (Georgetown County)
Hallelujah Singers Photos | Digital Traditions
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Enslaved West Africans who were brought to the South Carolina and Georgia coasts came to an area where plantations were geographically isolated and owners were often absent. These conditions allowed...
Have a Little Talk with Jesus -3 | Digital Traditions
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Produced by the Jackson Brothers and digitally mastered by Eric Rogers for Blackbyrd Records. The Jackson Brothers are Leroy Gilliard, Elliot Goodlett, Walter Thompson, Sr., Roosevelt Baker, Oscar...
He's Right On Time | Digital Traditions
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The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
