Elvis and the Gospel
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Religion & Spirituality
Publication Date |
Sep 27, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:27:50
As part of BBC Radio Wales' 2020 lockdown Elvis weekend, this is another chance to hear All Things Considered's 2019 celebration of Elvis' gospel music. This time last year, Porthcawl was gearing up for its 15th annual Elvis festival. Thousands of people were about to come to town for the unmistakeable music, and also to spot smartly dressed Hounddogs, countless rhinestone-studded jumpsuits and no doubt a few pairs of blue suede shoes. But along with the imitation and the adulation, some have a particular reason for devotion to the King of rock and roll – they find it in his gospel music. Roy Jenkins asks whether gospel music reveal the real Elvis; how important his faith was to him; and to what extent his music has a spiritual impact on those who hear it. Featuring in the programme are: Rev Wynne Roberts, 2018 winner of the Best Gospel Elvis Juan Lazano, MD of the Porthcawl Elvis Festival's house band Lorraine King, singer and songwriter Rev Martin Gillard, minister of Gilgal baptist church, Porthcawl.

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