“This Christmas”Mario Brown
Emerging gospel artist Mario Brown from Milwaukee eschews the brassy instrumentation that normally endows Donny Hathaway’s Christmas classic and performs it a cappella, accompanied by polyrhythmic doo wop beats performed entirely by mouth, a la Take 6 and Bobby McFerrin.
Brown said, “2012 has been a great year. My album, Glory-The Mario Brown Project, has been released and I am surrounded by family and friends. God has truly blessed me. My gift to the community comes in song. ‘This Christmas’ has always been special to me so I give everyone the gift of my version of the classic.”
Hear it here: “This Christmas”
Merry Christmas from The Black Gospel Blog.
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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