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"Joey and Rory Feek were enjoying a steadily growing fan base in country music when Joey was diagnosed with a rapidly spreading cancer. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, they captured hearts around the world. In this vulnerable book, Rory takes us into his own challenging life story"--
“My life is very ordinary,” says Rory. “On the surface, it is not very special if you look at it, day to day, it...
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This inspiring book is part memoir (Carrigan is both musician and music journalist), part tour of gospel music hits and artists, and part a quick history of forgotten parts of America. Music touches people's hearts in deep and enduring ways that words often fail to do. We all remember the time and place where we first heard certain life-changing songs. Carrigan explores fifteen Gospel songs with enduring power: each chapter includes a brief history...
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Young patriots volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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This is a story of singer Mahalia Jackson's childhood, family life, education, gospel singing, recordings, radio programs, and performances in support of the civil rights movement.
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Over the years, R&B, soul, and gospel music have transformed the world and helped to make it a more integrated and accepting place. Artists in these genres have pushed at the boundaries of the form and integrated new styles. Modern pop music would certainly not exist in its present form without these innovations. In this detailed examination, you will learn how gospel influenced R&B and soul, the ways these genres have changed over the past century,...
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2020.
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English
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"Gospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focuses on musicians like Yolanda Adams, Andraé Crouch, the Clark Sisters, Al Green, Take 6, and the Winans, and on the network of black record shops, churches, and businesses that nurtured the music. Harold details the creative shifts, sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions that...
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"Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory!" with this inspirational rhyming song and story. Young readers will discover how Noah built the ark for his family, and the living creatures of the earth, in obedience to God. Then they will celebrate God's faithfulness when the ark rests on dry land after the long flood! This classic Old Testament story includes adorable illustrations and simple text, making it easy for young readers to understand this...
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Presents the history of gospel music, describing its origins as spiritual songs sung by slaves in the American South, the influence of 1920s and 1930s blues and jazz on its style, and its introduction into popular culture during the Civil Rights Movementof the 1960s.
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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580L
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English
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A stirring picture book biography from award-winning duo Carole Boston Weatherford and Bryan Collier, about gospel composer and preacher Charles Albert Tindley, best known for the gospel hymn "We'll Understand It Better By and By." At a time when most African Americans were still enslaved, Charles Tindley was born free. His childhood was far from easy, with backbreaking hours in the fields, and no opportunity to go to school. But the spirituals he...
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