Gospel Gold- "Trouble So Hard"

Africa is where it all began. Of all the lavish gifts Africa has given the world, the richest and most unique combination of music and religion: religion with rhythm. With the first African slaves landing on American shores around 1619 came African rhythm, work songs and field hollers - the basic elements for the spirituals. It is rhythm that drives American music: the spirituals, and by extension gospel, the blues, jazz, ragtime and rock n'roll.Tonight we contuinue with the celebration of women in gospel.

Chicago’s Gay Sisters recorded sporadically for a variety of labels for almost half a century—usually a single here, a single there, most of them little-noticed. Yet, their reputation as one of the most innovative and exciting groups of gospel music’s “golden age” rests largely on the dozen songs Mildred, Evelyn and Geraldine Gay recorded during three sessions between March and July of 1951 for Savoy Records. 

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