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Soweto Gospel Choir - In the name of love
Soweto is one of the most well known professional Gospel choirs in the world. This arrangement 'In the name of love' may be done in a varied form as the crowd pleasing number.
Nina Simone - I shall be released
Nina, one of the most well known blues singers of all time did a heart wrenching version of the song I shall be released. This song also sung by other well known artists, such as Bob Dylan is a political song that encapsulates the feeling of the project.
Skeewif - Electro Swing Gospel Train
All sorts of amazing things can be done with Gospel songs. The idea of the train is very symbolic in gospel music due to many slaves working on the railroads and the underground railroad being the name for the path to freedom. Mixed with a bit of Louis.
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Louis Armstrong - This Train
Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace
Paul Robeson - Didn't my Lord deliver Danuel
Moby - Natural Blues
Fire in my bones - African American Gospel
Aretha Franklin - People Get Ready
Jimi Hendrix - Here my train a comin'
Kirk Franklin - Our God is an awesome God
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Down By The Riverside (old lady playing a Gibson SG - what a gem)
Listen
to your peers
to your pitch
to your rhythm
to the repetoire
Visualise
your technique
what you're singing about
what you want to achieve
Engage
your body
your mind
with your freedom
your history
their history