Part of the book
The quartet
The quartet tradition, family groups and the road they still run.
4 numbers · latest 09/02/2026
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The quartet highway still runs
A singing-school notebook on the road circuit of Southern gospel quartets: who books the programs, what the drive costs, why the circuit survives.
5 min
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Five voices and one program
Inside the classic gospel quartet: the lead, tenor, baritone and bass chairs, the utility singer who covers them, and the order of a program.
5 min
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Family groups on the same billing
Why family groups share the same program as quartets: the blended billing, the harmony carried by blood, and the Sunday circuit that both travel.
5 min
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Drive, shout and the hard quartet sound
A field listening of the gospel quartet sound: the vamp that loops under the lead, the shout that tests the room, and the recordings where the style hardened.
5 min