Last night (2/12/24), I was part of a vigorous panel discussion at the National Museum of African-American Music for WPLN, Nashville's local news and NPR station, curated and moderated by WPLN's LaTonya Turner. Myself, Nashville music legend Odessa Settles, daughter of Walter J. Settles of the Fairfield Four, Patrick Daily, countertenor, director of the W. Crimm Singers and professor at Tennessee State University, and Dr. G. Preston Wilson, the new director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

We gathered to talk about the gospel sound, Nashville's connection to a vital history that was not included in Gates' documentary, and the current state of gospel music.