Monday, February 22, 2021

Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord, Edwin Hawkins Singers

It's black music Month!

Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord, Edwin Hawkins Singers, 1968, :38

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆  

Riotous, hand-clapping, toe-tapping gospel.  The lyrical content isn't my joy and comfort typically, but the rousing choruses rising up to build up a veritable wall of sound knocks me off my feet.  I may not fall to my knees, but I get up out of my seat!  This gospel rocks.  Favorite tracks: "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "To My Father's House," "Oh Happy Day."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

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