Rejoice and ShoutRejoice & Shout traces the evolution of gospel music through it's many styles the spirituals and early hymns, the four part harmony based quartets, the integration of blues and swing, the emergence of "soul," and the blending of rap and hip hop elements. It connects the history of African American culture with gospel as it first impacted popular culture at large and captures so much of what is special about this music and African American Christianity.

Bill Conti's

championed by many of the world's greatest cellists

Sylvia's ex-boyfriend

Bénédicte Royer began studying viola at age 9

for a series of concerts in five European cities between 2015 and 2018

with the song Dos Gardenias para ti made famous by Ibrahim Ferrer and the Buena Vista Social Club

As their romance deepends

better known for his work as a children's author

This album covers the first part of the career of this blues great

ODE TO THINKING

Eddie never stopped being a mod and has a unique perspective having now lived through four decades of being intimately involved in the music that has emerged from the mod scene

This is a splendidly fiery