Robert Darden visits TSU

Founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration visits Texas Southern University

Baylor journalism professor and former Billboard music editor Robert Darden visited campus on October 31, 2019 to share his story and journey on restoring black gospel music.

Darden is the founder of The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. He and a team of engineers have digitized and preserved over 14,000 vinyl records.

Since a young child Darden fell in love with the soulful sound of black music after listening to sound of black music after listening to Mahalia Jackson.

Music from the Civil Rights era is hard to come by nor in good condition. Darden created a way to digitize, catalog and make that music available. His work is so remarkable it is a part of the National African American History and Culture Museum which opened in Washington D.C.

“Sweet low sweet chariot was actually used as a song for the Underground Railroad… Gospel spirituals had a second meaning,” said Darden. The music he restores is a part of history.

If you have any music you want to donate click the link http://bit.ly/BGRMP_endowment.

Pictured Left :Professor Robert Gilmore, Pictured middle : Professor Berryhill, Pictured Right Darden