February is black history month in Canada and I wanted to honour that by devoting one Sunday to music from the African-American music traditions. The wealth of musical genres that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to slavery shaped our culture's music and brought rich rhythmic and harmonic complexities to the highly formulaic music of Tin Pan Alley (ie. pop songs as they existed before Elvis and Chuck Berry).
I believe there is a beauty and a unique sacredness in both the raw pain and overwhelming ecstasy present in gospel music. I am excited to take this opportunity to appreciate a different musical perspective for worshiping and communicating with God.
I am very pleased that Amy Lightfoot will be joining me with her saxophone this week.
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