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TITLE: Reverb
SPEAKER: Reverb Ensemble
EVENT DATE: 02/07/2007
RUNNING TIME: 62 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Gospel/inspirational harmony group Reverb performs as part of the Library's celebration of African American History Month. The concert was also part of the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
Speaker Biography: Springing from a group that sang Christmas carols in the Washington area in 1990, Reverb has become one of the area's outstanding gospel groups. Two-time winners of the Washington Area Music Association's Wammie Award as the best gospel/inspirational harmony group, Reverb has performed along the East Coast and has toured east and southern Africa, the Persian Gulf and the Caribbean. They have been featured on C-SPAN, BET, Fox Morning News, the WUSA Morning Show and other television programs. The group is also known for singing the National Anthem for the Washington Nationals baseball team at RFK Stadium, the WNBA Washington Mystics at the Verizon Center and the NFL Philadelphia Eagles at Veterans Stadium. In 2004, they released "The Mission Statement," a CD that Washington Post music critic Mike Joyce describes as "winning mixture of vocal dexterity, impressive craftsmanship and heartfelt emotion."
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SERIES: Homegrown