Yolanda Adams has one of many most interesting voices in all of gospel music.
And he or she’s actually put it to nice use throughout her profession, fashioning a physique of labor that has thrilled thousands and thousands of listeners over time on the way in which to promoting greater than 10 million albums throughout the globe. Adams additionally gained the first-ever Grammy Award for greatest gospel track in 2006 for “Be Blessed” and hit platinum-plus standing with 1999’s “Mountain High… Valley Low.”
Adams is only one of many explanation why gospel followers will need to prove on Nov. 1 to see the Reunion Tour at Oakland Enviornment. Others embody Fred Hammond, the Clark Sisters, Marvin Sapp and Kirk Franklin, who’s as soon as once more main this tour.
That’s an unbelievable forged of gospel expertise. Franklin, in fact, is nothing wanting a gospel music icon and has gained a staggering 19 Grammys. Sapp has launched a string of No. 1 gospel albums, together with 2007’s “Thirsty” and 2012’s “I Win.” Hammond has additionally delivered a variety of fashionable data, together with the 2009 chart-topper “Love Unstoppable.”
After which there are the Clark Sisters, the legendary vocal group identified for such hits as “I Can Do All Things Through Christ That Strengthens Me” and “Jesus Is a Love Song.” (Kierra Sheard, daughter of the Clark Sisters’ Karen Clark-Sheard and a gifted vocalist in her personal proper, additionally seems on the present.)
Showtime is 7 p.m. and tickets begin at $53, theoaklandarena.com.
