Echoes of the South

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  Mark Harrison

  • Genre: Gospel, roots, Americana.

  • Influenced by: Golden Gate Quartet, The Soul Stirrers, The Heavenly Gospel Singers.

  • Similar artists: Taj Mahal, Odetta, Mavis Staples, Sister Rosetta Sharp.

  • About this album: The five-time Grammy-winners' latest album draws its name from the Birmingham, Alabama radio program that hosted the group's first professional performance back in 1944. Since recording finished on this album, 91-year-old Jimmy Carter, a founding member of the group, and two other longtime members, Paul Beasley and Benjamin Moore, Jr., have since died. Bittersweet, but the album remains nonetheless inspirational, uplifting, and a testament to the talent of a group whose various incarnations have brought us stellar gospel and roots music for well more than half a century.

  • Metacritic score: N/A.

  • Grammy Nominations: Best Roots Gospel Album, Best American Roots Performance for Heaven Help Us All and Best Americana Performance for Friendship.

  • Song To Sample: Send It On Down.