Various Artists: ‘The Evolution Of Gospel’ album review

Chronicling “back-in-the-day” through to today, this curious compilation traces gospel music’s varied growth through a series of sacred and secular sources. Regardless of a contributors’ genre or primary recording industry, every single song on this eclectic collection is unabashedly grounded in the gospel, from golden oldies courtesy of Andrae Crouch, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers and even Bob Dylan, through newer material featuring Kirk Whalum and Jonathan Butler.