from Detroit, USA
'Prepare for a blast!' warns Sally Magnusson as she goes to the gospel music capital of the world. 'We are Detroit, and we speak for gospel music' is the boast, and in the motor city there are recording artists, choirs and studios enough to live up to it. Hundreds of black Christians come together at one of Detroit's major
Pentecostal temples to sing their songs of praise as only they know how.
Their minister of music, Donald Vailes, is certain that God is at the centre of it all: 'He's worshipped, He's adored, and we get caught up in that.'
Songs of Praise captures the spontaneity and joy of that adoration and digs down to the roots of black American spirituality.
Research VALETTA STALLABRASS Producer JOHN GERAINT
Series producer STEPHEN WHITTLE * CEEFAX SUBTITLES