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Article: Contemporary gospel takes note from pop.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2007
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Byline: Sarah Bryan Miller
ST. LOUIS _ Once, gospel music influenced popular music; now, the tide is flowing the other way.
In churches of many denominations nationwide, music has moved away from traditional hymns and anthems to "praise music," and from organs and pianos to guitars and drums. But that's especially true in African-American churches, where traditional gospel music increasingly is being joined _ or even supplanted _ by what's known as contemporary gospel.
"When something happens in our broader culture, it becomes magnified in the black community," says Eric Anthony, organist at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Louis. "There's ...