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'People Get Ready': A History of Gospel

Fresh Air | By Ed Ward

Published August 14, 2005 at 6:00 PM HST

Rock historian Ed Ward reviews a new history of gospel music, People Get Ready! by Robert Darden.

Copyright 2005 Fresh Air

Ed Ward

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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