Though the phrase “Southern gospel” could be used to describe a wide array of musical styles and artists, it most often refers to a very specific tradition, one that has deep roots in the North Carolina mountains. In the North Carolina mountains and foothills there is also a strong kinship between bluegrass and Southern gospel singing (see below), and many artists perform both styles. Today, North Carolina bluegrass veterans like Mount Airy’s Easter Brothers perform traditional gospel music, as do younger-generation bands like Balsam Range and Mountain Faith. Cherokee, North Carolina native Clyde Moody played guitar and sang on the Blue Grass Boys’ first records in 1940, including their first gospel recording, “Cryin’ Holy Unto the Lord.” Since that time North Carolina bluegrass musicians have continued singing gospel songs as a staple of their repertoire. In bluegrass, gospel singing is often a capella (sung without instruments), and at other times is accompanied by full-band instrumentals. Tight multi-part harmonies are drawn from the quartet forms that were popular among Southerners of all races in the early twentieth century. Ever since the earliest days of bluegrass, gospel songs have been at the heart of the style. At the annual Fading Voices Festival in the Snowbird Community, gospel singers from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians perform and host Native American singers from other states in an event not to be missed by lovers of traditional gospel music. Congregational singing is carried on, as well as smaller-group multi-part harmony singing, such as that performed by the Welch Family, who alternate verses in English and Cherokee.
On the Cherokee tribal lands of the Qualla Boundary, and in the Snowbird Community near Robbinsville, gospel singing is a cherished heritage. Styles of gospel found in the North Carolina mountains and foothills include: These forms share origins in old community singing traditions (such as shaped-note singing) and in deep-rooted forms of quartet harmony. Gospel music in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains encompasses a wealth of traditions. North Carolina is a fertile field in which many forms of gospel music, both traditional and contemporary, have thrived. Published on The Bluegrass Gospel Hour, 3.2.Worldwide, gospel is among the most diverse and far-reaching styles of music.
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