Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers single For Every Mountain from his 1997 album No One Else featuring Yvette Williams lead vocal became a fiery gospel anthem. Continue reading
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9/17/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Hezekiah Walker Every Praise (New Video)
In Every Praise, filmed flash-mob style at Birmingham’s Five Points South fountain, Walker and his friends make a joyful noise in Southside. Continue reading
1/14/18 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tamela Mann Live Change Me
Tamela Mann Live Change Me puts her powerful vocals are on total display, and “Change Me” will absolutely bless your soul! Continue reading
8/26/17 O& NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: You Deserve It- JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise
You Deserve It performed by JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise. Continue reading
8/22/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Yolanda Adams – Never Give Up
Yolanda Adams – Never Give Up is an inspiring anthem from her 2001 album Believe. Continue reading
8/19/17 O7A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mourner’s Bench- Talley Beatty Choreographer
Talley Beatty choreographed and performed Mourner’s Bench in 1947. It represents the anguish and loss for former slaves, now free men, killed during the Reconstruction Era at the beginning of the rise of the Klu Klux Klan. Beatty explained to me, “People were murdered by the Klan and at daybreak their relatives would find their bodies in the fields still covered in the morning dew.”
12/28/17 O&A NYC: THROWBACK THURSDAY: I Wanna Be Ready (1986)
In a long, brilliant career, Dudley Williams worked with such artists as Martha Graham, Talley Beatty, and Donald McKayle. Most significantly, he was a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than forty years. He will be forever linked to his interpretation of the solo I Wanna Be Ready from Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations.
“[Dudley Williams is] amazing—an inspiration to everybody, a real poet with movement.” –Alvin Ailey from Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey.
8/6/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Lecrae- I’ll Find You ft. Tori Kelly
Lecrae taps Tori Kelly for an inspirational duet “I’ll Find You.” The Reach Records MC raps about death, pain, fear, and bitterness. Continue reading
7/30/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Fred Hammond – Father Jesus Spirit 2017 Stellar Award Performance
Fred Hammond performs Father Jesus Spirit from his album “Worship Journal” (Live)! at the 2017 Stellar Award. Continue reading
7/23/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Total Praise – Richard Smallwood
Richard Smallwood wrote Total Praise during a dark time in his life. He was a caretaker for two people, one with Alzheimers and one with cancer. He originally sat down to write a “Woe is me” song , but this kept coming out instead. It’s what he called “Valley praise”. Continue reading
