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The
Gospel Truth Choir is a Scottish choir that
performs a variety of music in a gospel style.
Formed by a group of friends in 2007 for the wedding
of BAFTA winning composer Paul Leonard-Morgan, they
perform backing vocals in studio and on stage - as
well as being a feature of many wedding ceremonies.
(source :
Wikipedia).
The
Gospel Truth Choir first came to public attention
when they were asked by Scots songwriter B.A.
Robertson to perform vocals on the 2008 version of
his football anthem We Have a Dream
- which became the charity single for the
BBC Scotland Children in Need campaign. the The
recording featured a number of celebrities,
including Samuel L Jackson, who were all featured on
alongside B.A. and Edwyn Collins on the live BBC
Scotland Children in Need show. Following the BBC
appearance, B.A. invited the choir to join him at
Abbey Road Studios, where they recorded backing
vocals on a number of tracks written by the
Glaswegian songwriter, including The Living Years
- marking the start of an ongoing relationship
between choir and songwriter. 2009 saw the choir
contribute vocals to two tracks on the debut album
of Codeine Velvet Club, a band featuring
Jon Lawler of The Fratellis. This album was released
in the UK in 2009 and the US in 2010. In late 2009
the choir joined The Skids onstage during their
performance at Homecoming Live - a
celebration of Scottish music held at the Scottish
Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow to
celebrate the end of Scotland's year of homecoming.
In January 2010 the choir made a number of
appearances around the Celtic Connections festival.
Most notably, they contributed to A Scottish
Songbook - a concert at Glasgow's Royal Concert
Hall which featured a number of acts performing
songs by Scots songwriters. As well as reprising
The Living Years with B.A. Robertson, the choir
sang with Ricky Ross, Lorraine McIntosh, Karine
Polwart, Siobhan Boyle and Maeve Mackinnon, to a
sell-out audience of 2500 people. Later in the
festival the choir performed a full concert with
Glasgow artist Horse McDonald at City Halls in
Glasgow.
February
2010 saw the choir join Paul Carrack at Glasgow's
Royal Concert Hall to perform The Living Years.
Later the same month, the group appeared live on on
STV's The Hour performing a version of
Amazing Grace. In March, members of the choir
rejoined The Skids for two sold-out shows in Glasgow
and Dunfermline. In October 2010 the choir released
their debut album, Deep Fried Gospel, a
selection of gospel covers of songs by Scottish
songwriters and including contributions from Maeve
MacKinnon, Horse McDonald, Bruce Watson, Mary Ann
Kennedy and the choirs of Lothian and Borders Police
and InChorus. Later that month members of the choir
joined members of The Skids again for an acoustic
gig ahead of the launch of a DVD featuring live
performances from earlier in the year. They were
also announced as participants in BBC Scotland's
Children in Need, where they performed a track from
their album alongside cast members of River City.
The choir again took part in Celtic Connections in
January 2011, this time sharing the bill with Tom
Jones in a gospel-themed evening. February 2011 saw
them join Jill Jackson at the launch of her new
album Back to Zero at The Ferry in Glasgow,
closely followed by a week-long residency as the
"house choir" on the Breakfast Show on Clyde1
singing live jingles and performing with a number of
guests.
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