“Aretha Franklin, The Winans, Mattie Moss-Clark and The Clark sisters. The list of gospel artists with roots in Detroit is long and continues to grow. From gospel music’s beginnings to the contemporary sounds of today, Detroit’s gospel artists have influenced the genre. Few have seen first-hand the impact Detroit has on the genre than gospel artist Darius Twyman. In conjunction with the PBS docuseries, ‘GOSPEL,’ gospel artist Darius Twyman talks with “Detroit Performs” host Satori Shakoor and BridgeDetroit journalist Orlando Bailey about his musical start, Detroit’s major influence on gospel, and the meaning behind his original song ‘Made It Over.'” -Stephen Henderson
Darius Twyman talks growing up in Detroit in the midst of the Gospel Renaissance:
Gospel music is not like it was when I came up. But then I have to understand what I contributed to Gospel music was not what my mentors had at first either. So I had to be open to what God has given the new generation. Gospel music in the city of Detroit is the foundation of music across the country. Why? Because Gospel music was birthed here… You had a Elma Hendrix Parham… who owned a little record store on the corner of Oakland and Owen in the city on the north end…. I was four years old… She picked me up, sat me on the counter, and said ‘You’re going to be a great musician.’ I was spoken into, it was spoken into my life… Detroit music is the cultivation, it’s the whirlwind…
PBS ‘GOSPEL’ docuseries: 
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines gospe…
Gospel music and the blues: • The sacred and the secular: How gospe…
Gospel music in the Black church: • Black Church in Detroit: Gospel Music…
Aretha Franklin and gospel: • Gospel History/New Bethel Baptist Chu…
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