MUSICIANS ON THIS PAGE: ARETHA FRANKLIN * SHEMEKIA COPELAND * OLLABELLE * REV. ISAIAH SHELTON * SONS OF THE SOUL REVIVERS * THE BE GOOD TANYAS * KIRK FRANKLIN * BILLY JOE SHAVER * DIANNE REEVES * WAR AND TREATY * AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE * ARVE HENRIKSEN * HYMNS * J. S. BACH * ELLIOT FRANKS & ANDREW CHISLETT & 1st PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PALO ALTO * SACRED MUSIC FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN * ARVO PART * MORTEN LAURIDSEN * EDWARD HIGGINBOTTOM

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Aretha and Mavis together live!:

Playlist of Aretha singing Gospel at age 14:

Playlist of 42 videos featuring Aretha singing Gospel music:

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Shemekia Copeland performs “Ain’t Got Time for Hate” alongside John Beasley (organ, Musical Director), Brian Blade (drums), Leonard Brown (violin), Marcus Miller (bass) and Mark Whitfield (guitar) as part of the International Jazz Day 2022 All-Star Global Concert on April 30, 2022:

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Country-rock band featuring Levon Helm’s daughter, Amy:

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Originally recorded in 1926, “The Liar” by Rev. Isaiah Shelton is, I believe, the earliest recorded forerunner of hip-hop  music:

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Here, The Be Good Tanyas perform a song written in the 1920s by Washington Phillips:

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Dianne Reeves live at Newport Jazz Festival, 8/12/2000:

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Sung by American Spiritual Ensemble:

Playlist of 34 spirituals:

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Meditational & spiritual music:

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HYMNS:

Featuring Cambridge Singers:

Performed by The Princely Players from the anthology “Wade in the Water, Vol. 1: African-American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition”:

St. Martin in the Fields, London:

Same song with another title. Performed as part of vigil in support of immigrants at West County Detention Facility, Richmond, CA on May 7, 2016 – with All Souls Episcopal Church of Berkeley and the East Bay Interfaith Immigration Coalition:

The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir singing “Here I am Lord” by Dan Schutte, at Notre Dame’s Flaherty Hall chapel:

Featuring the cast of the Lion King and London Gay Men’s Chorus:

Elliot Franks, tenor; Andrew Chislett, piano:

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PALO ALTO (CA) is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. We are a justice-seeking, LGBTQIA+ affirming, intellectually curious congregation that cares deeply about one another, the Palo Alto community, and the world. This project was instigated by The Presbyterian Peacemaking Fellowship as part of the 224th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Listen closely to the words as the lyrics have been changed to address issues of justice, earth care, and peace:

Playlist of 25 hymns:

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Llibre Vermell And The Cantigas De Santa Maria:

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Arvo Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Strings of Hungarian State Opera, Tamas Benedek, conductor, Antal Eisrich, percussion. Images from NASA and the Hubbel Showcase:

Morten Lauridsen, composer; Kontsert Estonia kontserdisaalis 28. märts 2013; Tallinna Muusikakeskooli sümfooniaorkester ja koor; Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor:

Edward Higginbottom composed the piece below: