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Gospel

The Gospel Train

Season 1 Episode 1

GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God’s goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, but one built by Black-owned publishing companies like Martin and Morris and sustained by Black audiences.

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GOSPEL’s hour 2 traces the Golden Age of Gospel from the Lord’s music to the mainstream.
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