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The Sounds of Blackness: Hammersmith Apollo, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 29 April 1993

IT WAS hard to believe that a gospel choir spawned the lubricious soulster, Alexander O'Neal, until you saw the ensemble in question. Minneapolis's 40-piece Sounds of Blackness affirmed the link between spirit and flesh till the crowd said Amen.

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