Live: We Come Rejoicing
This Grammy Award-winning disc showcases the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir ministering to their congregation and celebrating their salvation with such gems as the R&B; gospel of "Only a Look" and the hopped-up new traditional "Rain on Us." Both feature favored soloist Calvin Hunt, who also offers moving testimony of having been lost to drug addiction and chaos and found by the grace of God. The public-domain hymn "Holy Is the Lord" stretches into a nearly-nine-minute praise when married with the contemporary "The Lord Is Holy" and the generously sweeping arrangement of director Carol Cymbala.Live... We Come Rejoicingis altogether uplifting. With standouts like the jubilant "Excited About Jesus" and the rock-solid "I Am Not Ashamed," one is bound to feel the spirit move even the rustiest of hearts.--Paige La Grone