“When I grew up, on the way to church, you’d listen to gospel music,” says Ifedayo Gatling of the Harlem Gospel Travelers. “Then on the way back from church, it was ‘Back That Azz Up.’ Music is music, as long as it makes you feel something. I always tell people, no matter what you believe in, it's about how does this makes you feel? Does it make you feel like you want to be a better person? Does it make you feel like you want to love somebody that you didn't want to love before?”
MUSIC
With their new album Rhapsody, the extraordinary vocalists of The Harlem Gospel Travelers — Ifedayo Gatling, Dennis Bailey, and George Marage—are able to fully explore the entire range of music that influenced them. The follow-up to their acclaimed 2021 release Look Up!, the record is a dive into a lesser-known but hugely important era in the evolution of gospel music.
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TOUR
“That's what I want people to feel—to know that when you come to see HGT, you're coming to see a show, and you're gonna feel better about yourself, you're gonna feel better about the world, you're gonna want to do better.”
HGT’s longtime friend and mentor Eli Paperboy Reed approached the group with the idea of digging through the Numero catalog and recording some of the gospel funk material, reinterpreted in their own way.
“It allowed us to take these songs that a lot of people might not know and put our own spin on a genre that we built our livelihood in,” says Gatling, “and also expand people's mindset about how they view gospel music and how they view us.”
Contact
MANAGEMENT
General Assembly Artist Management
Jerrod Wilkins
Tyana Woodard
BOOKING
Mint Talent
Michael Morris
LABEL
Colemine Records
Terry Cole
Autumn Barney
US PRESS / RADIO
Tony Bonyata
UK PRESS / RADIO
Gaby Green
FRENCH PRESS / RADIO
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