Date/Time
Date(s) - May 18, 2018
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Bez Arts Hub
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These mighty fine fellas bring their almighty sound to Bez Arts Hub! This is real gospel — blessed with a soul that can’t be faked.
The formative years that Marcus Mosely, Will Sanders and Khari McClelland spent singing in the churches of their hometowns – Ralls, Texas; Alexandria, Louisiana and Detroit, Michigan respectively – give The Sojourners’ sound an authentic edge that only comes with experience. This is real gospel — blessed with a soul that can’t be faked.
Hot on the tail of their session backing up Jim Byrnes on his ‘House of Refuge’ CD, the Sojourners went into the studio with roots music whiz Steve Dawson in 2007 to record Hold On, their rst solo album. Two years later, they took all they had learned in between and returned to record a CD simply entitled The Sojourners.
This is not music that strives to be polite. In The Sojourners’ universe, echoes of doo wop, R&B, country and blues weave together to create a unique sound that has all but vanished from today’s world.
This is gospel music that can take a punch and remain standing. Singing praise music with their own special ‘stank’, the Vancouver based Sojourners sound just as at home in a road house bar as they do in a revival tent.
Highlights of the group’s time together include a definitive show with the Dixie Hummingbirds, opening spots with Jim Byrnes at the Vancouver Jazz Festival for both Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama and featured stages at most of the major Canadian folk and roots festivals.