The feature of the night was a fusion piece between gospel music and Japanese wa-daiko. You can read more about that in a post on this blog written by guest-writer Jefferey Timmer entitled Black Gospel Music in Japan... and the questions that come with it.
Recently, CAN founding member and leader of the Hallelujah Gospel Family network, Ken Taylor, was featured in a news story by ANS News. The article is called "How 'Sister Act' has inspired the formation of 30 Japanese Gospel Choirs run by a Filipino former night club entertainer who found Christ."
Recently, CAN founding member and leader of the Hallelujah Gospel Family network, Ken Taylor, was featured in a news story by ANS News. The article is called "How 'Sister Act' has inspired the formation of 30 Japanese Gospel Choirs run by a Filipino former night club entertainer who found Christ."
It's a long title, but a good article. Check it out here: http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09070045.htm
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Thanks for posting this Scot!
This needs a post of it's own but, for now, here is a link to a "home video" on youtube of the June 20 Taiko/Black Gospel performance in Tokyo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y-lxI-fVCc
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