It was standing-room only, more than 600 people packed the Coney Island Gospel Assembly (posted capacity 496) yesterday morning for the funeral.
Certainly Ibibio Sound Machine's trademark sound – a groove-driven melange of styles which also takes in gospel, funk, post- and electro-punk and contemporary R&B, alongside African polyrhythms, horns and guitar – is lively and luxurious enough for the eight-piece outfit to pursue next-level popularity with their third album.
The quiz, dated Feb. 28 and titled "Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel," was posted to Reddit's r/atheism forum by user Puskunk on April 21.
The crowd, at his visitation, funeral, and, now, subsequent after-party, were enamored with gospel singing, post-Easter cheers of "Ford to rise again," and a hefty amount of backslapping.
At a podium, blank paper and markers invite visitors to offer a response to a posted Gospel text.
Often identified as the father of the modern and contemporary gospel music, this post-Thanksgiving concert pays tribute to this musical genius whose genre of modern and contemporary gospel will continue on even after his passing earlier this year in January 2015.
Few things can counter a wintry Tuesday evening in Brixton like the sight of Miguel, dressed discreetly in a white, feathered leather jacket, wrapping his gospel of a post-racial Nirvana in his heady brand of psychedelic rock 'n' roll R&B, making every man in the Brixton Academy promise to do more sit-ups.
The group came from nowhere, like they were born yesterday, sonic sweethearts, a scholarly post-punk gospel choir merrily identifying the menace of the world, and it was a surprise.
The story is impenetrable, a mélange of Christian spirituality and unquenchable sexuality, full of Prince's personal mythologies and references, but the passion is irresistible, a post-apocalyptic gospel.
Matt Page's posts about Gospel of John.
Probably because the author of this Gospel knows that our post-Easter reality resembles the book's ending -- at verse 8.
