Spirituals, guitar evangelists, "shout" bands, quartets, and choirs sing out the sacred sounds of African American gospel music on this Smithsonian Folkways collection. These 24 soulful tracks paint a broad panorama of this much cherished American musical creation. Rev. Gary Davis, Sister Ernestine Washington, Sonny Terry, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Elizabeth Cotten are among those featured.