Thursday, March 30, 2017

El Paso: Gospel Explosion

Pamela Johnson-Angeles and Ashley Clark and singer, Gospel Explosion, February 2017, UTEP, El Paso, Texas.


February 2017

The Gospel Explosion 2017 at UTEP featured songs, praise dance, and the spoken word.

I'm agnostic, but that doesn't mean I don't have an appreciation for fine faith music.

El Paso Community Choir, Gospel Explosion, February 2017, UTEP, El Paso, Texas.


Gospel music, in particular, embraces all of that which makes up a human life: hope, despair, love, grief, happiness, courage, exultation, determination, peace, turmoil.

As eloquently described by a poet below:




Below, The Quartet performs I Just Want to Thank You Lord:



Below, the El Paso Community Choir praises big:





Rev. Dr. Michelle Johnson, Gospel Explosion, February 2017, UTEP, El Paso, Texas.


A praise dance below, by LaVaughan Carr Farmer and Christiana Carr:



How can one not feel uplifted after an afternoon of gospel music?


The themes are universal; it matters not what particular deity one believes in, if any at all. It is a music of life.

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