WASHINGTON (AP) β President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have welcomed top recording artists to the White House for a celebration of gospel music.
Aretha Franklin, Lyle Lovett, Shirley Caesar, Emmylou Harris and Darlene Love were among the artists participating in Tuesday night’s concert, which the president said would “bring some church to the White House.”
Obama said gospel music was born out of slavery and became the music of the black church. He said it “has an unmatched power to strike the deepest chord in all of us, touching people of all faiths and no faith.”
The event was the latest in the “In Performance at the White House” series that is broadcast by PBS television stations nationwide.
It will be broadcast nationwide by PBS on June 26.
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