By chris-chris92 on Skatehive
*Source The word Godspell, which literally means Word of God, is the historical origin of what we all know today as Gospel music. That is why during the nineteenth century the culture and musical tradition that brings us to this post today began to take shape. You see, many times we are not aware of how many of the things around us actually started. For example, Taylor Swift breaking sales records and collecting millions of plays on every platform, or the rap and urban music that define so much of the modern sound we all recognize today. In 1930, Christian music reached what I personally consider the most transcendental milestone of contemporary music history. What do I mean by that. In the deeply divided southern United States, a style of liturgical music emerged that encouraged hundreds, thousands, even millions of believers to keep returning to church for generations. The style I am talking about involved choirs of around thirty members whose voices created an atmosphere that made t