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The Jim Jones Gospel Hour

Bookhouse — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:36:47 -0800

The music of the People's Temple. Five years before Jim Jones coerced 900 of his church members to commit suicide in Guyana, the People's Temple cut an album. See this previous post for a link to an excellent website on the Temple. The best tracks on He's Able are a product of the church's famously energetic service and interracial membership: Something Got a Hold of Me (MP3) Walking With You Father (MP3) He's Able (MP3) Found after watching this excellent PBS documentary.

Sunday Morning Blues

Miko — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:10:23 -0800

Sacred Steel is a pedal-steel guitar style that evolved in the African-American Pentecostal denomination The House of God, Which Is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth. Brothers and lap steel players Willie and Truman Eason, inspired by the electric blues and Hawaiian steel guitar of the 1920s and 30s, brought the sound to two branches of the church, the Keith and Jewell dominions. Its hallmark: "talking guitar," in which the sliding steel emphasizes and mimics the words of preachers and singers. In the 1970s, a new "Motor City" tradition began, featuring the more complicated pedal steel guitar. This body of music was known mainly in church circles until two things happened: first, folklorist Robert Stone became interested in the music and relased several CD collections. And then, church player Robert Randolph (and his Family Band) began taking Sunday morning's music out onSaturday night. Some of the most widely noted practitioners: The Campbell Brothers Pastor Elton Noble, convener of the Sacred Steel Convention Aubrey Ghent Henry Nelson Calvin Cooke Lonnie Bennett Maurice "Ted" Beard Articles: A Joyful Noise The Sacred Steel Tradition at Blues Access For the players: some sacred steel tunings

Moving an 100 year old church - via the power of rock

skylar — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:52:24 -0800

Moving an 100 year old church - via the power of rock (YouTube page) Watching a show about buildings being moved by truck, my attention drifted towards the captivating music, from composer Daniel Pemberton. One of the gems on his MySpace page is this clip in which a 40-strong choir leads an 100-year old church as it is moved down a road, to a soundtrack akin to the Beatles or Polyphonic Spree. It's bizarre and certainly not your normal documentary fare.

Interactive Church Music Player

oissubke — Sun, 16 May 2004 08:06:26 -0800

Interactive Church Music Player The LDS Church has created a cool new tool for exploring its hymnbooks: a Flash application that not only shows the sheet music, but allows transposition, tempo changes, part selection, and all kinds of other nifty things.