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...their Spring 2002 concert entitled One More River. In keeping with Kuumba’s mission of “celebrating black culture and creativity through song,” the album is divided between soulful a cappella spirituals and energetic gospel songs backed by the talented Kuumband. The choir is irrepressibly exuberant on the opening song, “Psalm 1,” while on “Psalm 121,” the soloist attains a feverish pitch that the choir seems to soothe. Kuumba also shows off its vocal range technical precision in close harmony...
Kuumba’s greatest strength is the energy, honesty and passion of its performances and this recording amply demonstrate this flare. Songs like “Get Your House” highlight the interplay between soloist and choir, as the soloist leads with an ornamented phrase (“Get your house in order!”) and the choir responds with a potent punch (“Do it today!”) One song opens with W.E.B. Du Bois’ Class of 1890 description of the “sorrow songs,” and builds...
There are a few tunes--Stronger, One--that work just fine, and Hill's flirtation with gospel (a choir performs a conspicuous backup on a few tracks) is convincing enough. But mostly Hill has made an album that shows off her weaknesses and obscures her charms. Even divas need to give the audience what it wants. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...normal political party and you do get a picture of headless chickens," says Peter Mair, professor of comparative politics at the University of Leiden. "But actually they've been remarkably coherent in pushing for their policies." In part that's because the Fortuynites were essentially preaching to the choir. Both coalition partners - the Christian Democratic cda of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and the liberal VVD - would have had to be blind to miss the "Just say no to the status quo" message of last May's vote. Even Fortuyn's bitterest opponents acknowledged - especially after his death - that...
Both undergraduate and graduate students then read from religious texts and the choral fellows of the University Choir performed “Canticle: Mosaic in Remembrance and Hope,” a piece written by Carson P. Cooman...