Black History Month Opens with John P. Kee and Pure Gospel
John P. Kee opens Black History Month with a powerful NPR Tiny Desk set, blending choir, classics, and worship anthems that remind us gospel legacy still lives.
Throwback: An Evening With John P. Kee Pt. 1
Tyscot RecordsJohn P. Kee opened Black History Month the way only he can. With gospel, legacy, and church.
The prince of gospel music stepped onto NPR’s Tiny Desk and turned the space into a worship moment. He brought his band. He brought members of the New Life Choir. And he brought that unmistakable low-country sound straight from North Carolina to the city.
For 25 minutes, Kee walked us through a living testimony.
Song by song. Memory by memory.
From “Jesus Is Real” to “Mighty God,” this set was church
He opened with “Jesus Is Real.”
Then flowed into “Life & Favor” and “Oh How Wondrous.”
He lifted the room with “Stand!” and “I Believe.”
And then came the songs many of us grew up on.
“Lily in the Valley.”
“Clap Your Hands.”
“Standing in the Need.”
“Mighty God.”
No spectacle or shortcuts, just gospel in its purest form.
The timing couldn’t be better. The Tiny Desk appearance also aligns with Kee’s new album, Throwback: An Evening with John P. Kee, Part 1. The project taps back into that raw, church-born sound and features the Billboard and Mediabase Top 30 radio single, “Church Medley.”
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