Azizi,

I have prepared an answer to some of your more off topic comments.Where would the appropraiate spot be to answer them? Some of it isn't even directly on the subject of black gospel.

I'm also part way done in preparing my look at black gospel in the more 20/21rst century sense.Hopefully I can put that part hear, since it's meant to be follow up to my initial post hear.But I guess I'll have to check if it has enough Gaelic content, which is challenging because any of the Celtic/Gaelic roots of modern black gospel tends to be very indirect or drowned out by other European/African roots.It may take going through a musical microscope.I can think of one black gospel group whose early music was indirectly shaped by the white lining out style of the Appalachian/Primitive Baptists (which has a Celtic tinge), but I'm not shure it has any connection to the Gaelic Scottish variation of this style.For now I'll keep you and others guessing wich group I'm refering to.

Gaelic roots could have come into black gospel in different ways.For example alot of black gospel (not all of it) has been shaped by jazz music, and jazz music is indirectly influenced by jig music.Likely that would include jigs of the Irish or other Celtic people (perhaps even some Gaelic speaking people), but jig music was also a non Celtic/English type of music as well.So I'm not shure if there are Gaelic roots in this way, though the possibility is there.


Anyway, I must go now.

PS. I hope you don't mind if I'm a bit slow or take a bit to get back to you sometimes.It probably won't be a two month wait this time!