Rev. Gregory M. Kelly - & the best of Harlem Gospel

The BEST OF HARLEM GOSPEL on tour in Germany - Grammy award winner Reverand GREGORY M. KELLY presents with his choir “Music and Singing on Behalf of the Lord”

From Harlem to the big wide world. Grammy award winner Reverand Gregory M. Kelly, who has already worked with music greats such as Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, will go on a major tour in Germany with his choir from December 2024 to February 2025 and present “The Best of Harlem Gospel”.

Harlem - the neighborhood in New York's Manhattan borough - is still famous for the heyday of African-American culture in the 1920s, known as the "Harlem Renaissance," which attracted legends such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to the neighborhood. Even today, Harlem proudly displays its African-American roots, vibrant culture, strong faith and musical rhythm.

REV. GREGORY M. KELLY & the BEST OF HARLEM GOSPEL exude the pure joy of life, energy and dynamism that can be experienced at every mass in the churches of this New York district. The singers of the ensemble will read like a who's who of the active US gospel scene. A total of nine voices that transport an indescribable atmosphere of the gospel churches in Harlem into Germany's churches and concert halls.

The two-hour program offers everything that makes gospel music so unique, rousing and moving. The choir's repertoire includes both traditional and pre-Christmas gospels - from the famous and popular gospel classics such as "Oh happy day" and "Amen" to "Whole world in his hands" and "Go, tell it on the mountain".

A gospel choir that is unlike any other gospel formation. Religion plays just as important and as important a role here as it does in the lives of the people of Harlem. Because that is exactly what religion is lived in Harlem: music and singing on behalf of the Lord. But no matter whether you are young or old, Catholic or Protestant, non-denominational or still unbelieving, everyone is welcome at the concerts.