The Dixie Hummingbirds: Jubilee Quartet
The Dixie Hummingbirds: Jubilee Quartet Jubilee Quartet The 1920s saw the rise of a key predecessor of what we today call gospel music. Southern African American quartets injected new rhythmic drive and performing panache into their jubilee renditions of Biblical verse. The Virginia-based Golden Gate Quartet, the most popular of these groups, inspired countless others […]
