“Praise Him”
Evangelist Robin Smith
From the CD Emmanuel Live
Spiritual City Music 2007
www.spiritualcitymusic.com
It’s amazing to listen to Evangelist Robin Smith, with her auditorium-filling voice, and realize she’s a throat cancer survivor. Her soaring Aretha-like hollers on “Praise Him” are huge and powerful. The track’s up-tempo instrumental and choral backing bounces it along with a rousing cadence that sets the perfect tone for the rest of Emmanuel Live.
“Oh, How He Loves You and Me,” a fast-paced, churchy track from the live project, gives “Praise Him” a solid run for its money, but the latter’s more effective exposition of Smith’s larger-than-life voice helps it win by a length and a half.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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