Jan
1
2018
David Byrne Presents: Gospel
By David Byrne
| Song | Artist | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Belle | Al Green | Amazon |
| God's Got It | Reverend Charlie Jackson | Amazon |
| Long Walk To D.C. | The Staple Singers | Amazon |
| Only God Knows | Young Fathers (ft. Leith Congregational Choir) | Amazon |
| Stomp (Remix) | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Spiritual | Donald Lawrence & Co. | Amazon |
| Wayfaring Stranger | Jamie Woon | Amazon |
| We Shall Overcome | The Freedom Singers | Amazon |
| I Press | Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ | Amazon |
| Jesus Will Fix It | Reverend John Wilkins | Amazon |
| Poor Wafaring Stranger | Puente | Itunes |
| Stand On The Word (Larry Levan Mix) | The Joubert Singers | Discogs |
| Trouble the Water | Black Kold Madina | Amazon |
| Way Down in the Hole | The Blind Boys of Alabama | Amazon |
| Keep The Devil Off | Big K.R.I.T. | Amazon |
| Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning | Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi | Amazon |
| A Message For The Saints | Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers | Amazon |
| Revolution | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Take Yo' Praise | Camille Yarbrough | Amazon |
| Nobody Knows | Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir | Amazon |
| Pray a Little Longer | Lucy Rodgers | Amazon |
| Prodigal Son | Reverend John Wilkins | Amazon |
| Lead Me Guide Me | Moses Josiah | Discogs |
| Come Healing | Leonard Cohen | Amazon |
| Amazing | Black Kold Madina | Amazon |
| Like A Ship | Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir | Amazon |
| Praise Joint | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Sunshine In My Soul | Moses Josiah | Discogs |
| Oh La De Da | The Staple Singers | Amazon |
| The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | Amazon |
| Way Down in the Hole | Tom Waits | Amazon |
| Blessings | Chance The Rapper | Amazon |
| How Great | Chance The Rapper | Amazon |
Photos courtesy of Magnolia Pictures, The Gospel Herald, and Kevin Winter.
You don’t need to believe to love gospel music. But if you aren’t moved by gospel music, you need some serious help.
This playlist covers many decades of recordings, and any single decade would be full of riches enough. But here’s the most recent picks from my personal playlist.
Here are the roots of rock and roll, RnB and hip hop. This music is about transcendence and community. It’s about surrendering to something bigger than yourself, and in doing so, there is ecstacy and joy. In gospel music, that surrender is to God, but as many singers discovered, that feeling can be easily repurposed to secular ends. One can enlist the power of the music to surrender to love and sex just as easily—its tools are that powerful, flexible and adaptable. There is a tension there, as well as a potential linking and union of the sacred and the profane. Life is both.
In either case, the musicians and the listener form a community—something that again is larger than the individual. Oddly, for all the emphasis on individuality and self in our culture, we are often at our best and feel the best when we leave ourselves behind. That’s another kind of tension from which this music draws its power.
Happy new year.
David Byrne
Jan
1
2018
David Byrne Presents: Gospel
By David Byrne
| Song | Artist | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Belle | Al Green | Amazon |
| God's Got It | Reverend Charlie Jackson | Amazon |
| Long Walk To D.C. | The Staple Singers | Amazon |
| Only God Knows | Young Fathers (ft. Leith Congregational Choir) | Amazon |
| Stomp (Remix) | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Spiritual | Donald Lawrence & Co. | Amazon |
| Wayfaring Stranger | Jamie Woon | Amazon |
| We Shall Overcome | The Freedom Singers | Amazon |
| I Press | Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ | Amazon |
| Jesus Will Fix It | Reverend John Wilkins | Amazon |
| Poor Wafaring Stranger | Puente | Itunes |
| Stand On The Word (Larry Levan Mix) | The Joubert Singers | Discogs |
| Trouble the Water | Black Kold Madina | Amazon |
| Way Down in the Hole | The Blind Boys of Alabama | Amazon |
| Keep The Devil Off | Big K.R.I.T. | Amazon |
| Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning | Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi | Amazon |
| A Message For The Saints | Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers | Amazon |
| Revolution | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Take Yo' Praise | Camille Yarbrough | Amazon |
| Nobody Knows | Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir | Amazon |
| Pray a Little Longer | Lucy Rodgers | Amazon |
| Prodigal Son | Reverend John Wilkins | Amazon |
| Lead Me Guide Me | Moses Josiah | Discogs |
| Come Healing | Leonard Cohen | Amazon |
| Amazing | Black Kold Madina | Amazon |
| Like A Ship | Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir | Amazon |
| Praise Joint | Kirk Franklin | Amazon |
| Sunshine In My Soul | Moses Josiah | Discogs |
| Oh La De Da | The Staple Singers | Amazon |
| The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | Amazon |
| Way Down in the Hole | Tom Waits | Amazon |
| Blessings | Chance The Rapper | Amazon |
| How Great | Chance The Rapper | Amazon |