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Article: "Mek Some Noise": Gospel Music and the Ethics of Style in Trinidad.(Book review)
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- Church History
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- June 1, 2009
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doi:10.1017/S0009640709000869
"Mek Some Noise": Gospel Music and the Ethics of Style in Trinidad. By Timothy Rommen. Music of the African Diaspora 11. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. xii + 219 pp. $21.95 paper.
In "Mek Some Noise," Timothy Rommen investigates attitudes toward the incorporation of popular music forms in the church services of the Full Gospel community. The Full Gospel community is a loose association of Protestant churches in Trinidad, consisting mostly of churches that are of pentecostal and charismatic persuasions (4, 17-18). Rommen considers two traditions that are "foreign" to Trinidad: North American gospel music and ...