Roots-based, raise-the-rafters gospel choir Rock My Soul joins our summer concert series with their soul-stirring harmonies and spirit lifting music!
ABOUT ROCK MY SOUL CHOIR
Join the Rock My Soul choir and band (complete with horns!) for a spirit-soaring evening of R&B, pop, soul, and doo-wop flavored arrangements.
Formed in April 2004, Rock My Soul has established itself as a burgeoning musical force in northern New England. With its unique brand of rousing, raise-the-rafters gospel music, the group has garnered an ever-growing following, and has performed to packed houses throughout New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.
Rock My Soul’s concerts attract hundreds of fans, who often dance in the aisles to a sound that is at once traditional and contemporary. In October 2005, Rock My Soul shared the stage with Boston’s legendary Silver Leaf Gospel Singers. As one member of the Boston group exclaimed, “You just don’t get to hear gospel done that way anymore. I’m so glad you all are doing it!”
Rock My Soul is as tight and polished as a fine choral group, yet has the immediacy and soulfulness of the old-time, “golden age” American gospel sound it seeks to revive. And while Rock My Soul’s performances have never failed to bring audiences to their feet, this secular group is not only about entertaining, but also about educating—they share bits of background on the stories behind the songs during shows and in concert programs, and some members present workshops on the history of the music and its tremendous, powerful and positive impact on our culture, especially during Slavery and the Civil Rights movement.
“Unless you’re from the South or attend a church with a bangin’ choir, you’re not likely to hear bona fide gospel tunes sung the way Rock My Soul performs them.” Jon Nolan, The Wire
THE KINDRED SOULS
The Kindred Souls blend folk intimacy with classic pop charm and jazz sophistication to deliver organic, harmony-rich performances that explore the crossroads of American roots and soul music.
The band’s new studio album, Hello Outside, offers a snapshot of their sonic DNA, with warm, stripped-down interpretations of songs by the likes of The Traveling Wiburys, Olivia Newton-John, The Police, Muse, and others.
Produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) and mixed by Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town), the collection is a follow up to their 2021 debut The Sound, which yielded multiple Top 20 singles at Adult Contemporary Radio and garnered rave reviews for its bold re-imaginings of familiar classics.