Recorded at the beautiful Grove Park Inn Resort in Asheville, North Carolina with the Homecoming friends. Includes a tribute to J.D. Sumner
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Join Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends as they travel north to Toronto for a Canadian Homecoming. You'll love this toe-tapping, uplifting and exciting concert-in-the-round experience, taped before a sold-out audience in Toronto's Air Canada Centre!
Estranged since the death of their parents years ago, twin brothers Teshawn and Wesley Tucker have taken radically different paths in life. Wes has become a minister in a Harlem gospel church while Te perpetrates the gangster lifestyle as hip-hop star Zulu. They are forced into reconciliation when Te flees from LA to his childhood home in Harlem to hide from his enraged record producer, Bull Sharky. As Bull Sharky and his posse move east tracking Te down, Te and Wes must confront their own demons and attempt to work out their differences.
Award-winning Southern gospel performers Bill and Gloria Gaither welcome friends to a picnic in this installment of their ongoing Homecoming series. Friendly conversation, games and, of course, plenty of music are all part of the fun. Nineteen songs include "Farther Along," "I Heard It First on the Radio," "What a Day That Will Be" and "He Pilots My Ship." Guests include Michael English, TaRanda Greene, the Booth Brothers, Jim Hill and more.
World première recording of Hannibal Lokumbe's 'spritatorio' Can You Hear God Crying, which combines jazz, gospel and chamber music with West African prayers and songs. The piece, commissioned by Philadelphia philanthropist Carole Haas Gravagno, is about the composer's great-great-grandfather, who was born in the Sahara, kidnapped and enslaved in Liberia, and sold at auction in Charleston, S.C. He escaped to Texas, where he bought land and had a family.
Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international fame as a pop singer.
Follow the true-to-life story lines of people searching for meaning in the midst of unfulfilled dreams, challenging circumstances and unexpected struggles.
Cruise with the Gaither Homecoming family across Alaska’s Inside Passage in this unique concert experience aboard the MS Zaandam. An outdoor concert, featuring gospel music’s finest voices, honors our Maker and celebrates some of His most marvelous handiwork. Then your host, Bill Gaither, reveals some candid, off-stage moments as the Homecoming family shares good food, good stories, lots of laughs and of course, music!
The artists of the Billy Graham Crusades come together to sing the music and share incredible stories. George Beverly Shea, Cliff Barrows and Franklin Graham share unforgettable moments in the history of the ministry. Bill & Gloria Gaither, Michael W. Smith, CeCe Winans, Andrae' Crouch, Avalon and others lead the group in emotion-filled songs and testimonies of God's faithfulness.
The Homecoming family, comprised of gospel music's most legendary and beloved voices, gathered at a cozy log-cabin in the hills of Tennessee for one reason, and one reason only... to express their gratitude! The group discovered that when gratitude tales its rightful place in our lives... amazing things happen in our heart.
In a city known for its jazz and its blues, the Homecoming Friends share the gospel with New Orleans concertgoers. As these southern saints go marching in to the Saenger Performing Arts Center, a landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, familiar Homecoming faces and some new faces bring good news to those who have the blues.
The famous Grand Ole Opry serves as the backdrop for this Homecoming celebration honoring gospel music's rich history and, most importantly, the very Creator of music. Hosted by Bill Gaither, Joy In My Heart, is a fun-filled musical celebration featuring
Join Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends for this live video celebration recorded in the magnificent Mosaiek Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Here it is--your take-home copy of the first nationally televised Homecoming concert! Filmed live before a sold-out audience at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, the Ryman Gospel Reunion video contains some of the greatest moments from the original TNN broadcast plus many special performances never before released. Combining the rich gospel history of the old Ryman Auditorium with the energy and excitement of a live audience, the Ryman Gospel Reunion lifts the Homecoming Family to new heights of praise and worship!
Rock of Ages offers a rich treasury of the great hymns of the church sung by gospel music’s most influential voices. Hosted by Bill and Gloria Gaither, this 90-minute video celebration features time-honored favorites, including moving performances by Mark Lowry, Sue Dodge and a wonderful choir of gospel music’s finest voices and pioneers.
Like a spark that ignites the grasslands, revival seems to come from nowhere and spreads across the wastelands of the human heart; it buns away the hulls and stubble, and come spring, new life sprouts from the charred waste! Songs of revival are the most exciting of all. They have energy. They have power to move us to tears and make us shout for the sheer joy of being truly alive. This Gaither Homecoming video will recall for the times when God's presence invaded your dry places and suddenly you knew 'resurrection' was more than just a word.
Filmed on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and featuring more than 250 of gospel music's finest voices, Nashville Homecoming features more than 90 minutes of classic gospel favorites. This Homecoming gathering pays tribute to the legends who paved the way for gospel music as we know it and, most importantly, celebrates the Good News that remains forever relevant in our ever-changing culture.
Documentary on modern black gospel music, focusing on the pioneering Rev. Thomas Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith