Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is about the origins of Gospel music in America. Readers will learn about the musics origins in spirituals and work songs, as well as the music of the Sacred Harp and the Sharpe Note. The book also discusses gospels with a more contemporary flavor like Christian hip hop, the Gospel blues, and modern Southern Gospel. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.
