|
| |
GOSPEL & SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO LINKS
This Cocojams page provides links to a small sampling
of online video clips of gospel & spiritual music from African American & non-African
American cultures. These links were originally found on YouTube and other
Internet websites that feature free music video clips.
I am using liberal definitions of what constitutes "gospel" and "spirituals".
The purpose of this page is to encourage the preservation, collection,
dissemination, analysis & study, performance, use, and aesthetic & spiritual
appreciation of these important indices of folk culture. To borrow a
phrase from a popular contemporary gospel song, seeing, hearing, and studying
these videos can provide information about "why we sing" , what we sing, the way
we sing what we sing, and the way we & others respond to the music.
For instance, in addition to an aesthetic & religious appreciation of Black
gospel music, I'm interested in the continuity & changes in the structure,
content {lyrics}, and the performance style of that music. I like to
"study" example of contemporary Black gospel music to see if {and how} the
artists use call & response patterns, floating verses from spirituals and older
gospel songs, and such musical techniques as "lining" {when the soloist
says/sings a sentence and the choir then sings that same phrase or a similar
phrase}. I am also interested in Black gospel as a performance art/activity.
While I'm listening to the music, I'm also noticing the participatory nature of
the performance {whether/how the vocalist/choir engages the
congregation/audience; whether the audience/congregation spontaneously responds
to the music they hear and if so, how they respond.
Other people who submit examples of videos to this page or who will watch these
videos may interested in the quality or tone of a vocalist or choir. Or folks
may be interested in the way a vocalist of group interprets a song or the way different vocalists sing the same song.
It's all good.
It is important to note that this Cocojams page will not include any
ratings or judgment about the merits of featured videos. Furthermore, this page
will not include any commentary or questions about gospel or spiritual music or
about the featured videos. Also, unlike other Cocojams pages, while I greatly
appreciate the submission of music links for possible posting on this page, I
will not be including the names of persons who submitted those links to Cocojams.
My thanks and heartfelt appreciation to websites such as YouTube for making
these videos available for public sharing.
Thanks also to all those persons who originally posted these videos on YouTube
and other websites.
I encourage Cocojams readers to visit those websites and other text based
websites to find out more information on the genres of gospel and spiritual
music, and to possibly find more video or sound clip examples by a specific
artist or group. I also encourage Cocojams readers to rate the videos and post
comments or questions about those videos on sites such as YouTube.
Note: Some videos may have been removed from YouTube after the time that their
hyperlinks have been posted here. I will try to remove in a timely fashion all
hyperlinks that are no longer functioning. If you find that a particular video
is no longer available, please alert me by sending a message via Cocojams'
contact page. Thanks!
click here to submit Internet links to videos
clips of gospel music & spirituals for possible posting on this Cocojams page.
Also, visit this Mudcat Discussion Forum thread for examples of songs that are
posted on this page, as well as additional religious songs:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=105855&messages=157 "Religious
Songs That Speak To You"
Selected Examples of Gospel & Spiritual
Video Links
Note: The video links are listed in alphabetical order under the first
letter of the last name of the [first] vocalist or group featured in that video clip.
A,B
Yolanda Adams-
"Victory"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN87sKfoXsM
****
Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, & Shirley Caesar-Medley
Yolanda Adams- "Victory" ;
Donnie McClurkin- "Ooh Child"; Shirley Caesar- "The Stone"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FyV5wU_RJg&mode=related&search=
****
Yolanda Adams - "Still I Rise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZJ8EZ8HDo
****
Alcorn Gospel Choir- "Lord Help Me To Hold Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qsJmVXfmuw
****
Alcorn Gospel Choir-"Victory Today Is Mine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuRQ1zaRHRI&feature=related
****
Antioch Baptist Church of Englewood/Chicago- "Beams Of Heaven"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoYck7bOow
****
Vannesa Bell Armstrong -
"Salvation Is Free"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S2b9DaimyI&search=Winans
****
Vannesa Bell Armstrong and The Christ
Memorial COGIC Choir of Pacoima, California-
"Shine On Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcqKy259qM
****
Aulegend-"He's Sweet I Know"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umR4huatALY&feature=related
****
Emily Bram - "I Want Jesus To Walk With Me"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FvF-s_VdvSg&feature=related
C,D
Canton Spirituals with Albertina Walker-"I Made It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFuQ40UwI4&NR
****
Shirley Caesar-"You're Next In Line For a Miracle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMBcgLUjPXA&mode=related&search=Shiloh%20Baptist%20Church%20Peace%20Be%20Still%20Shirley%20Caesar
****
Shirley Caesar-"I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmambj-_71s&mode=related&search=
****
Byron Cage - "The Presence of The Lord Is Here"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyVPKbZzww
****
Brian Cam -"Shine On Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYWxTGmDec
****
The Caravans-"Mary Don't You Weep"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0miMP3EYnA&mode=related&search=
****
Deborah Chambers-
"Then My Living Will Not Be In Vain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1K0JL72J4
****
The Clark Sisters- "Get All Excited"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzAvB66HUYg
****
The Clark Sisters-"Hallelujah"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq78Nc3jKrA&mode=related&search=
****
The Clark Sisters-"Name it & Claim It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6oDUBvzcUE&mode=related&search=
****
The Clark Sisters-"Miracle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZw7wWkbuk
****
Dorinda Clark-"God Specializes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xz_OPnuBYA&search=zie%27l%20gospel%20clark%20sisters%20women%20genesis%20z1%20zeil%20zeal%20love
****
Dorinda Clark Cole- I'm Still Here"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHF-4RA-gE&search=DOrinda%20Clark%20Cole%20Sheard
****
James Cleveland-"Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV9Arr1uw30
****
Sam Cooke-"How Far Am I From Canaan"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3nOQMZCwV8
****
Jessy Dixon- "Stood On The Banks Of Jordan"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cVMV3FtwSw
E,F
Bishop William Ellis -What
Do You Want The Lord To Say?" ;"Joybells Keep Ringing"
with sermon}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGhxrMv6MnM&NR
****
Bishop David Ellis-"Stand By Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Wk2vb-b-Y&mode=related&search=
****
Bishop David Ellis-'Whatever You Do' {African American
Church Service, Detroit Mich,}" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK2-iHBPVk&mode=related&search=
[sermon; no singing]
****
FAMU Concert Choir -"What Ya
Gonna Name Your Baby Boy?", "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", "Rise Up Shepherd and
Follow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5KIv6SFFqw
****
Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi - "Leaning
On The Everlasting Arm"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KK2HdVFTw&NR
****
Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi - "Lord You've Been Good To Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2avuCHcFk&NR
****
Aretha Franklin- "Amazing Grace" {excerpt} 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2qeO6oWH0&mode=related&search=
G,H
Casietta George-"Walk Around Heaven All Day"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPCStGK2fmQ
****
Gospell
{children's choir from the United
Kingdom}-"Mary Had A Baby" & "Amen"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsGvuRIxR4E
****
Gospel Harmonettes - "He's
Right On Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEUtAcfTRWQ&NR
****
Gospel Harmonettes - "Swing Down Chariot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRqO_lGDk78
****
Gospel Keynotes - "You Brought Me From A Mighty Long Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEuPHYz8AbE
****
Gospel Redeemers - "Morning Train"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpeUKSj7ASo
****
Al Green - "Everything's Gonna Be
Alright" {Toyohashi Japan 1987}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLaq05v-p5M&search=Al%20Green%20gospel%20soul
****
Al Green - "Jesus Is Waiting"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSzSf5p5ioU
****
Al Green -"People Get Ready"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NWqO85P6Y&NR
****
Fred Hammond- "Old Time Mix"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3LsmnlJY5I&mode=related&search=
****
Edwin Hawkin Singers-featured
in "The Story Of Gospel Music-Oh Happy Day"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwcWdWlv2yM
****
Walter Hawkins, Clark Sisters, Shirley
Caesar, Mighty Clouds-
"I'm Going Away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQa6L0Z-AR8&search=Shiloh%20Baptist%20Church%20Peace%20Be%20Still%20Shirley%20Caesar%20Gospel%20for
****
Tramaine Hawkins and the Hawkins Family-"I'm Coming Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLER24rNTJk&mode=related&search=
****
Jennifer Holliday - "His Eye Is On The Sparrow Part.1" (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GsfCnBQGf4
****
Howard University Choir- "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5pZEw4Y_E&mode=related&search=
****
Danae Andrea Howe & The POCC Choir- "This
Little Light Of Mine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4wDKP-Oi2A
I,J
Mahalia Jackson -"Blessed Quietness"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHmvgdMtvc&feature=related
****
Mahalia Jackson- "Didn't It
Rain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DnKysWTXSk
****
Mahalia Jackson
- "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gta4B1MBU0
****
Mahalia Jackson - "Precious Lord Take My Hand"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHvUvlzznc
****
Etta James, Chaka Khan; and Gladys Knight
-"Precious Lord Take My Hand"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY2xIoNKXD8
K,L
Kuumba Singers
{Harvard University};
"Guide My Feet, While I Run This Race"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFEtWICyW1w
****
Patti LaBelle- "Walk Around Heaven All Day"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9H2vbQnAK0
****
Patti LaBelle- "Then My Living Will Not Be In Vain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edBGuudFeu8
****
Patti LaBelle, Al Green, Mavis
Staples, & Little Richard -"You'll Never Walk Alone" 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0K6iuFAsk&search=Staples%20Singers%20Pops%20Mavis%20gospel%20blues%201968
M,N
Donnie McClurkin - "Great Is Your Mercy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODmHMKfD_iY
****
Brian McKnight, Rev. Al Green, Michael W. Smith & Cece
Winans-Gospel Medley Live 44th Grammys
"Precious Lord"; "Plant My Feet On Higher Ground" etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzDyOyU6u5U&mode=related&search=
****
The Milbourne Family Choir -"Order My Steps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsGVDDYJW9o&feature=related
****
Mississippi Mass Choir {featuring
Mother Mosie Burke} -"This Morning When I Rose"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdoJc03DQTQ
****
Dorothy Norwood- "Victory Is Mine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L50l9wNXS0M
O,P
Sandy Patti & Jessy Dixon-"My God Is
Real" Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ_brUonai0&search=Jessy%20Dixon
****
Sandy Patti & Jessy Dixon-"My God Is
Real" Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzROVpeBAM&mode=related&search=Jessy%20Dixon
****
The Peasall Sisters-"Farther Along"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc6mcKUucaw&search=I%27ll%20Fly%20Away%20brother%20where%20out%20thou
****
Pilgrim Jubilee Singers-"Old Ship Of Zion"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOn5n6dhnw
****
Kelly Price - Gospel Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mxos5Vw5Ak&search=Yolanda%20Adams
Q,R,S
Rev. Cleophus Robinson & Loving Sisters-"Won't We Have A Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr9pT65Rfzs&NR
****
Raymond & Co at the GGSummit in Birmingham Nth UK Nov 2006
"Lord Help Me To Hold Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyrq2Q3g5FE
****
Raymond & Co -Great is thy Faithfulness@ AME Event 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjDfX7SOslQ&NR=1
****
Shiloh Baptist Church-"Peace Be Still"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKSdyNJ-TM
****
Sister Act 2 {Movie Excerpt/Choir}- "Oh Happy Day"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSXCp9ejbKo
****
Richard Smallwood Singer-"My Everything"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqeaIddIrKc&mode=related&search=
****
Richard Smallwood-
"Come Over Here"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvUPiM9sxlU
****
Richard Smallwood Gospel Choir:
"Gospel's Power" [Part I]
[also see & hear Part II & Part III]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGpi_MbS7iw&search=Donnie%20Mcclurkin%20Stand%20Gospel%20songs%20AFC%20Apostolic%20Faith%20Church
****
The Soul Stirrers-"Nearer My God To Thee"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQinCVxmLgs&feature=related
****
The Soul Stirrers-"Wonderful"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCW66UVyQw&feature=related
****
Herman Stevens Singers - "Swing Down
Chariot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHu0R-9_NGU&mode=related&search=
****
Street Musician {New Orleans, Louisiana} - "Nearer My God To Thee"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KjX4qTTfm4&mode=related&search=
T,U,V
Take 6 Live - "Mary"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_7yBFovdtE&mode=related&search=
****
Take 6- "Spread Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjLEYgdzsX8&mode=related&search=acapella%20gospel%20take%20six%20adventist%20sda%20take6%20jazz
****
Take 6 Live - "Wade In The Water"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkKyeGSiscQ
****
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- "Down by the Riverside"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOmRm0-acJw&mode=related&search=Sister%20Rosetta%20Tharpe%20gospel%20blues%20guitar
****
Sister Rosetta Tharpe- "Up Above
My Head"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1dmkJy8mw&mode=related&search=
****
The Story Of Gospel Music-COGIC In Control
{COGIC=Church Of God In Christ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBxTqGt19A&mode=related&search=
****
UBC {Union Baptist Church}
Chicago 2005 Summer Tour-
"I Came To Magnify The Lord"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATHVhTDdlw&search=vos%20voices%20serenity%20gospel%20choir%20uncp%20univeristy%20north%20carolina%20pembroke
****
Various Singers
{Curtis Minns, Dan Henry, Adam Aguanno, Lindsay Thomas, Kim Ayres and Shelley
Roberts} -
"The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_FVfFoCyv8
****
Various Singers- Say Amen, Somebody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyPWiBmJ3x4&mode=related&search=
W,X,Y,Z
Albertina Walker & The National Baptist Choir
-"This
Is The Way To Sing Praises"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGL1PNE67w
****
Albertina Walker, Shirley Caesar,
Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews-Song Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlELAN6SjXQ&mode=related&search=Shiloh%20Baptist%20Church%20Peace%20Be%20Still%20Shirley%20Caesar
****
Clara Ward {featured in "The Story Of Gospel Music"}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_1AVgx9kv8
****
BeBe Winans
- "In Harm's Way"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERG46PzyYw&search=Winans
****
CeCe Winans-"Pray"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MizRV5JMFAU&search=Winans
****
CeCe Winans,
Whitney Houston, and Shirley Caesar-Gospel Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBB4-_mo2Dw
****
Marvin Winans - "You Are The Living Word"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfQLkADazWo&search=Winans
click here to submit Internet links to video
clips of gospel music & spirituals for possible posting on this Cocojams page.
|
