The term spiritual is derived from spiritual song. The King James Bible's translation of Ephesians V.19 is: "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." The term spiritual song was often used in the white Christian community through the 19th century (and indeed much earlier), but not the term spiritual. Negro spiritual first appears in print in the 1860s, where slaves are described as using the… read more
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| 1 | JS (Joerg Sommermeyer) — Joshua fit the battle of Jericho |
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| 2 | Play on youtube | Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah |
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| 3 | Play on youtube | Alison Krauss — Down to the River to Pray |
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| 4 | Play on youtube | George Harrison — My Sweet Lord |
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| 5 | Play on youtube | Enigma — Return to Innocence |
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| 6 | Play on youtube | Snatam Kaur — Ong Namo |
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| 7 | Modus — Secrets Untold (Feat. Jewls Wilson) |
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| 8 | Play on youtube | Modus — Alone |
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| 9 | Play on youtube | Modus — Requiem |
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| 10 | Play on youtube | Modus — Sutra |
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