One of my first friends in Germany was Hans-Werner Scharnowski who produced the Joybells -Live in Germany CD together ith me in the 90's. Yesterday we had some fellowship with his church choir, Living Gospel, and Praise Unit did our little acoustic thing for the people who came to enjoy the evening in Lüdenscheid. We had a great time (as we seem to always have on this tour) and again we were very well taken care of and we enjoyed listening to Living Gospel, who had a very good mixture of songs for the evening.
Hansi reminded me about the days when I had long hair, which I had when I started directing Joybells. I don't know how many german gospel singers actually remember me in long hair.
Well, just a few minutes until concert in Langenberg. Better get dressed...
About Praise Unit
- Praise Unit
- Founded 2004 by Joakim Arenius who just left his position as director of Europe's oldest gospel choir, Joybells. The singers and musicians are united by the vision to spread the word about a loving and living God through music that is rooted in the old african american gospel music, but performed and inspired by the modern r'n'b you hear on radio, the funky grooves you nod your head to when you turn up your car stereo, the beautiful melodies you enjoy on a comforting CD and the wild beats you dance to in the urban clubs. The first CD "Whole" was released in 2006. In 2008 came the Live DVD "the Whole tour" which was filmed by German television during Praise Units touring in 2008. In June 2009 Praise Unit will release "the Mission Field". MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Joakim Arenius BAND: Tobias Grenholm (bass) Kristian Kraftling (keys) Filip Stenlund (guitar) Kristoffer Sjöberg (percussion) Simon Jonsson (drums) VOCALS: Jacob Alm Sara Björlemyr Felicia Brandström Maria Höglund Josefine Bäckrud Emilia Havsed Lina Häger Johannes Häger Julia Nilsson Jakob Wiborg
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