{"id":12814,"date":"2024-04-03T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmblc.org\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:04:53","slug":"one-nm-gospel-concert-pays-tribute-to-black-american-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmblc.org\/old-site\/one-nm-gospel-concert-pays-tribute-to-black-american-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"One NM Gospel Concert Pays Tribute to Black American Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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by Kristin Satterlee<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much feeling and depth, so much that\u2019s connected to gospel songs that goes all the way back to slavery times.\u201d-Aria Gaston.<\/p>\n

When you ask Aria Gaston<\/a>\u2014a Las Vegas, Nevada-based singer-songwriter, vocal coach, and gospel talent\u2014why gospel music is important to the Black American experience, she wants you to know that \u201cthere\u2019s a reason we sing the way we sing\u201d that goes all the way back.<\/p>\n

Gaston points to the spiritual \u201cWade in the Water\u201d: \u201cThat\u2019s way old school, right? Come to find out \u2026 Those hymns were their own code.\u201d It was illegal to teach enslaved people to read or write, so these coded songs\u2014also known as map songs or signal songs\u2014were important vehicles to communicate dangerous ideas and instructions. \u201cWade in the Water\u201d instructed people fleeing slavery that they would need to travel through water to find freedom. Other songs like \u201cFollow the Drinking Gourd\u201d and \u201cSteal Away\u201d had their own meanings and were used regularly on the Underground Railroad. It\u2019s said that \u201cSweet Chariot,\u201d sung to let slaves know that they would be escaping soon, was Harriet Tubman\u2019s favorite song.<\/p>\n

Gospel still speaks to us today. \u201cGospel music is full of encouragement for ourselves. I feel like the depth of who we are is knowing in our hearts who God is, and that is why we are able to share such a strong message of hope: to tell people trouble don\u2019t last always, and we are going to keep singing that until we are sweating,\u201d Gaston explains.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a chance to sing songs of encouragement and praise until you break out in a sweat, don\u2019t miss the free One NM Gospel Concert on Sunday, April 28 at First Unitarian Church (3701 Carlisle Blvd NE) in Albuquerque. Gaston will be headlining, \u201ccreating a worshipful experience where people are changed and don\u2019t leave the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

The One NM Gospel Concert is open to and meant for everyone. While the music may be deeply rooted in the Black American experience, Gaston is confident when she says, \u201cOf course gospel can pull all races together.\u201d She backs the statement up with years of experience singing to and with audiences of all stripes. \u201cGospel music has soul in it. People talk about how they can feel it. Whites, Blacks, [Hispanics]\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter who they are. When a person gets up there singing a gospel song, you\u2019re gonna see tears running through their eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely, it will bring everybody together,\u201d concludes Gaston. RSVP to attend here<\/a>.\u00a0Sign up for the choir here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One NM Gospel Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 28, 3:30pm<\/p>\n

First Unitarian Church<\/p>\n

3701 Carlisle Blvd NE<\/p>\n

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