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Article: Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia (w/CD accompaniment).(Book review)
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- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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[website] Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia (w/CD accompaniment), by Bil Carpente. Backbeat Books, (600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107), 2005. 515 pp., $24.95.
There is something about gospel music that speaks to the soul. Maybe it is because many gospel artists have had hard lives, and their stories are poured out in the words of their songs, giving a glimpse of deeply felt emotions.
Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia contains more than 100 interviews that reveal many of these stories for the first time. It chronicles the careers of more than 650 gospel artists and personalities from 1900 to the present day. It is an ...