Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Something Inside So Strong: Live ft Annatoria & Ché Kirah | The Spiritua...

This is the live version of "Something Inside So Strong" ft Annatoria & Ché Kirah. Originally released on TBN as a powerful tribute to songs that have marked monumental moments in black history, music and culture; singer/songwriter, Junior Garr and choir conductor, Marsha B. Morrison, navigated The Spirituals Choir in a time of great uncertainty to give a message of hope. “This is a collection of negro spirituals and songs that have inspired and championed the story of black people. With all that is happening in the world today there has never been a better time for the power of music to bring us together. This is a commemoration of not only our breakthrough and achievements but also an acknowledgement of the continuous pain and sorrow experienced by Black people today. We must find a way to foster and fight for the justice and equality of Black individuals everywhere. Justice and the good news go hand in hand.” Lyrics: The higher you build your barriers, the taller I become, The further you take my rights away, the faster I will run, You can deny me, you can decide to turn your face away, Something inside so strong, I know that I can make it, though you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, Something inside so strong, oh oh oh, Something inside so strong The more you refuse to hear my voice The louder I will sing (I will sing louder) You hide behind walls of Jericho (wey oh) Your lies will come tumbling Deny my place in time, you squander wealth that's mine My light will shine, so brightly it will blind you Something inside so strong (something inside), I know that I can make it, though you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, Something inside so strong, oh oh oh, Something inside so strong They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, A warrior, more than a survivor, you can thrive, Transformed by adversity you face, Every challenge on your way, strand strong, you can overcome They try to beat us down but we rise above the struggle Never giving up under pressure we don't struggle Instead we discover gold inside, as we realise, no matter what, you'll never dull our shine Deny my place in time, you squander wealth that's mine My light will shine, so brightly it will blind you Something inside so strong (I know that I), I know that I can make it (Though you're doing me wrong) Though you're doing me wrong, so wrong You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, Something inside so strong, oh oh oh, Something inside so strong Something inside so strong, oh oh oh, Something inside so strong Something inside so strong, oh oh oh, Something inside so strong Oh, Oh, Oh

Wade in the Water: Live | The Spirituals (Official Music Video)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Richard Smallwood - It Is Well/Come, Ye Disconsolate

    We cannot always say that everything is well in our lives. There will always be problems to face, and sometimes there will be tragedies. But with faith in a loving God and with trust in His divine help, we can confidently say, “It is well, it is well with my soul.”

    When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.

    As Christians, even through our trials and tears, we are called to look through the eyes of faith and,say, “It is well.” It is well not because of our strength but because of God's power. It is well not because our stories always work out the way we want, but because God works for our good.

    And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul.

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Sunday, June 9, 2024

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Larnelle Harris - Strength Of The Lord

This song, Larnelle Harris - Strength Of The Lord helped me find my way back to God in 1989. I had come to the end of my self,my world was closing in on all sides and I knew I needed God.

The O'ays- The Lord's Prayer.❤ (1976)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Thomas A. Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley". Recordings of these sold millions of copies in both gospel and secular markets in the 20th century.
Born into a preacher’s family in rural Georgia, Thomas Dorsey began playing the family organ at age six. At eight he started writing his own music, and by 13, was playing piano in Atlanta, accompanying some of the famous jazz artists of the day. In 1916, Dorsey moved to Chicago to study at the Chicago School of Composition and Arranging. Although his beginnings were in the jazz and blues tradition, he was also influenced by music he heard through his religious affiliations. His first attempts to combine the two styles, which he called the “gospel song,” were met with resistance, however, because of their heavy blues influence. “Several times I have been thrown out of some of the best churches,” Dorsey remembered in a 1980 interview. “But they just didn’t understand.”


 Dorsey was the son of Thomas Madison Dorsey, who preached at Mt. Prospect Baptist Church, and Etta Dorsey, a church organist who taught young Thomas the keyboard. Growing up in Villa Rica in the early 1900s, the youth was introduced by relatives to shaped note singing and to a musical style that would later be known as the Blues.

 After a spiritual awakening, Dorsey began concentrating on writing and arranging religious music. Aside from the lyrics, he saw no real distinction between blues and church music, and viewed songs as a supplement to spoken word preaching. Dorsey served as the music director at Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church for 50 years, introducing musical improvisation and encouraging personal elements of participation such as clapping, stomping, and shouting in churches when these were widely condemned as unrefined and common. In 1932, he co-founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, an organization dedicated to training musicians and singers from all over the U.S. that remains active. The first generation of gospel singers in the 20th century worked or trained with Dorsey: Sallie Martin, Mahalia Jackson, Roberta Martin, and James Cleveland, among others.

  Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord Precious Lord "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (2015) Ledisi - Selma Movie Soundtrack Take My Hand, Precious Lord Kenneth Whalum III - Precious Lord Take My Hand Precious Lord by Thomas Dorsey, arranged by Arnold Sevier Precious Lord | Aeolians of Oakwood University Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires - Precious Lord, Take My Hand