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Jazz? Love songs, gospel, soul, and even Disclosure. By Michael Toland, Fri., Sept. 30, 2016 Tweet print write a letter ...
On “Revival Song,” a gospel-fueled ode to Freddie Gray — a 25-year-old Black man who died while in police custody in Baltimore in 2015 — Porter attracts listeners with a snappy beat and a ...
The smooth, booming voice of Gregory Porter brought a galvanizing force to jazz when he broke onto the scene about a decade ago. It's a voice of exhortation, flowing out of the gospel church.
I didn’t have that 7,000 person mass choir with a bunch of matching robes. It was just me, my brother, my sister, my older brothers, and we sang these songs, that Southern gospel sound.
Gregory Porter, the Grammy-winning vocalist, discusses his approach to blending jazz, soul and gospel while maintaining themes of love and optimism in his performances.
Whether you're up close or in the cheap seats, it seems that Gregory Porter is singing for you, that he knows you. You leave feeling good, as if you've gotten a dose of medicine you didn't know ...
Gregory Porter is everything he's cracked up to be and more. Take Me To The Alley, Porter's follow-up to the Grammy-winning Liquid Spirit (Blue Note, 2013) and his fourth album in total, is a ...
We’re sure you’ve heard of the soulful, Grammy Award winning jazz musician Gregory Porter, and if you haven’t then we’re sure you’ve definitely heard his music.
Porter grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., one of eight children with an absent father. Young Gregory got his social conscience from his mother Ruth, a preacher who ministered to the poorest and neediest.
Gregory Porter, who will be performing on Saturday at the Library of Congress, has most of that covered. He wears natty ensembles, he's an engaging conversationalist and, as witness his superb ...
On Sunday, Feb. 25, Grammy Award winning R&B and jazz titan Gregory Porter will perform live at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Hindsight being 20/20, suffering a career-ending football injury at San Diego State University is one of the best things that ever happened to Grammy Award-winning singer Gregory Porter. A gentle ...