Exaltation Feature

Making A Joyful Noise

Gospel has influenced many genres of music. In the African American experience gospel has been a way of expressing praise, of communicating, educating and of reaching a higher spiritual plane.

Today, gospel is stronger than ever, and perhaps more widely popular because it has reached and has been embraced by millions throughout the world. Traditional and contemporary gospel have large followings. And, the two often complement and enhance one another. The overview that follows gives a perspective on some of the notable traditional and contemporary gospel performers.


Traditional Gospel Music

The Performers

Blind Boys of Alabama
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Brother Joe May
Shirley Caesar
Sister Wynona Carr
Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes
GMWA-Women of Worship
Mahalia Jackson
The Mighty Clouds of Joy
Mississippi Mass Choir
Dorothy Norwood
The Pilgrim Travelers
Reverend James Cleveland
The Soul Stirrers
Hezekiah Walker And the Fellowship Crusade Choir
Walt Whitman
Marion Williams
The Winans

Contemporary Gospel Music

The Performers

Yolanda Adams
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Andrae Crouch
Edwin Hawkins
Tremaine Hawkins
Kirk Franklin
John P. Kee
L. A. Mass Choir
New Life Community Choir Featuring John P. Kee
New Birth Choir
Lashun Pace
Sounds of Blackness
Take 6
The Staple Singers
BeBe and CeCe Winans
Vickie Winans

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