The Showfa Showfa Edits

The importance of gospel music as an influence on soul can hardly be overstated. That influence is most obvious in southern soul music, with its deeply emotional vocal style and horn arrangements and backup vocals mimicking the call and response of the church
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The mid-to-late 1960s was the heyday of southern soul, but unfortunately the flowering was brief, and as the 70s progressed it was almost completely drummed out by the sounds of disco, pop and a more highly produced “northern” soul sound.

The gospel scene continued to flourish throughout the 1970s in churches and programs throughout the south and northern industrial cities of the USA. The sound of gospel had also changed, and an important influence was now the very soul music that it had spawned. Here The Showfa takes two gospel gems and re-edits them for the dance floor. First up Edwin Hawkins the grand pappy of gospel famous for his 60’s hit ‘ Oh Happy Day’ gets to reworks “Emmanuel” performed live by Tri-State Choir live, a rarity never release before on wax, this is a hands in the air anthem that builds and builds and with a wait for it drum break which ignites D.J Sets. On the flip the Rev Isaac Whittmon covers the D.J Rogers classic ‘Love brought Me Back’ a gospel soul slow jam burner an infectious extended groove - Hallelujah.