Gospel Radio Gems - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Advantages: Vivid, gorgeous and quite unlike anything else you've heard
Disadvantages: Albums of this quality don't come along too often

...to the soft tap of a tambourine while Martina's main vocal slides lightly and sweetly over the top like quicksilver. "I'm gonna make the whole world do it," she murmurs, her idiosyncratic indistinct pronunciation ever adding to the ethereal nature of her singing - "...I'm not here for to play." It's a gentle but insistent mission statement of a person about to explore where they've come from and where they're going, and it sounds for all the world like a perfect piece of sublime gospel straight out of the nineteenth century via heaven. Immediately following this comes the punch behind the statement in the bold opening of 'Need One'. This is probably the most radio-friendly track on the album, but don't mistake that for blandness - it may feature guitar and vocal work from Queens of the Stone Age stalwarts Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan, but it has... Read review

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Advantages: This gospel group are outstanding!!
Disadvantages: None

...The Sounds of Blackness, was created in 1971, as a traditional American Gospel choir, but their reputation for contempary gospel has made them a popular group to which many a main stream artist would like to work with. The group is made up of a 50 strong talented vocalists, with the lead artist (Anne Nesby) holding the choir in good esteem. I first stumbled across the Sounds of Blackness on the radio when I heard their singles "Optimistic" and "Pressure (Part 2)". I loved it so much that I rang the radio station to ask for the name of the album. The album was worth every penny. The music is so uplifting and inspiring and touches and celebrates the different genres of African, Jazz and Gospel music. The artistes celebrate the origins of black music as well as it's influences on the world music scene.... Read review

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Advantages: Elvis Presley singing some wonderful music
Disadvantages: The tracks have been released and re-released many times over the years

...People often recall Elvis Presley as the early rock 'n' roller in the mid-1950s, or the less rocking star of some (sometimes) decidedly dodgy movies from the 1960s, or as the Las Vegas singer of the 1970s. One style of music which straddles all of these time periods though is gospel. Elvis was always a great lover of gospel music, and often spent hours singing this type of music with his backing singers in his own private time. Elvis' record company, BMG, have spent the last 29 years (since his death) repackaging his recorded material, and still release many CDs each year, collecting together already released material and unreleased material from the archives (this unreleased music is often distributed through their specialist Elvis label FTD - short for 'Follow That Dream' which was the title of one of Elvis' movies from the 1960s... Read review

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