The Village Voice

The Raw Revelations of Fire in My Bones

In the winter 2003 issue of the lamentably defunct magazine Sound Collector Audio Review, writer/critic Mike McGonigal gushes about two recent compilations of “raw gospel”—a strain of church music so ...
insider.si.edu

Fire in my bones : transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American gospel / Glenn Hinson in collaboration with saints from a host of churches ; photographs by Roland L ...

Seeking Understanding: "You Got to Be in It to Feel It" -- Belief, Knowledge, and Experience: "The Lord Can Be Mysterious" -- Experiencing the Holy: "Just Like Fire Shut Up in My Bones" -- A ...
The Grio

The Met’s revival of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ brings the complexity of Black manhood to the operatic stage

After a history-making 2021 debut, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera with a gripping take on Charles Blow's bestselling memoir. The core cause of Charles Blow’s inner ...
Houston Chronicle

Terence Blanchard brings part of Black opera 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' to Houston

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans-born, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard gained a new understanding of the role his music could play in people’s lives. After releasing ...