The term ‘Black’ Gospel Music is used to differentiate from the various forms of ‘White’ Gospel Music, but even in ‘Black’ Gospel Music there are distinct forms that differ from the others and have their own loyal audiences.

They are usually grouped into five major catetories: Spirituals, Quartet, Traditional, Urban, and Praise & Worship.

BUT!

There are many popular Gospel Music singers and songwriters whose styles don�t really fit into ANY of these five categories�yet for years there�s been NO adequate term to apply to them.

There is now! ‘SMOOTH Gospel Music’!

Who�s ‘Smooth’? Andre Crouch. Edwin Hawkins. Walter Hawkins. Tramaine Hawkins. Daryl Coley. Richard Smallwood. Take 6. Yolanda Adams. The Winans. Helen Baylor. And on, and on, and on.

Yes, we ‘borrowed’ the term from the ‘Jazz’ world, which they use to describe Jazz that is neither too far to the left or to the right but ‘goes down smooth’ for just about everybody.

Well, the same is true for ‘Smooth Gospel Music’, which is why the term not only fits so well but is quickly gaining favor all over the country.

For this reason, The Gospel Music Institute has recently launched ‘SmoothGospelMusic.com’, a new database site where the people who MAKE ‘Smooth Gospel Music’ and the people who LIKE it can NETWORK with each other for their mutual benefit.

The ENTIRE Gospel Music public is invited to join us.

Rodena Preston, sister to the late great Gospel & Pop organist Billy Preston and a well known Gospel Music singer, musician, and choir director herself, says of ‘SmoothGospelMusic.com’, ‘We�ve really needed this, and it�s long overdue’.

For more information:
smoothgospelmusic.com
GospelMusicInstitute.com