As Americans endured the toughest economic hardship ever recorded in modern times, the nation’s most treasured contemporary gospel song also debuted. During the Great Depression, families looked for a ...
What started as a desperate prayer in an Oklahoma cotton field became one of the most recorded gospel songs in American history. Now the artist’s family is retracing his steps. LE FLORE COUNTY, Okla. ...
“Through hymns like “I’ll Fly Away,” “He Set Me Free,” “Turn Your Radio On,” and many others, God used his [Alex Brumbley] words and melodies to lift countless hearts toward heaven,” writes Rev. Micah ...
What started as a desperate prayer in an Oklahoma cotton field became one of the most recorded gospel songs in American history. Now the artist’s family is retracing his steps. LE FLORE COUNTY, Okla. ...
Ninety years after Albert E. Brumley wrote "I'll Fly Away" in the cotton fields outside Rock Island, Oklahoma, the gospel hymn is still filling churches, movie soundtracks and, more recently, his own ...