This is FRESH AIR. Postwar black gospel music was one of the most important musical genres that shaped soul music through the mid-'70s. But short of crate digging for some LPs and singles, it's been ...
*Gospel music uplifts and inspires helping to brighten the dim lights of trouble and despair. “Precious Lord, lead me on, let me stand. I am tired, I am weak, I am worn.” Lyrics from the classic ...
As filmmaking, George T. Nierenberg’s “Say Amen, Somebody” is perfectly capable, if pedestrian. Not that filmmaking is what this 1982 gospel-music documentary cares about. What the movie cares about ...