Watch 'Step By Step' on Youtube On November 1st 2020, Soul Sanctuary and St James’s Piccadilly premiered 'Courage - Standing up to Racism', an online collection of song and word challenging people of all backgrounds to play their part in dismantling racism and inequality. Those of you who tuned in will remember this video from the credits sequence. We believe Whitney Houston’s 'Step By Step' brings hope that change is possible in small everyday words, deeds and actions. Our recording, which was made entirely in peoples’ homes, is a pretty close cover of the Pr ..read more

Live Recording with Mica Paris of four tracks from her new album “Gospel” On October 29th 2020, Warner Music invited six of us to join Mica, pianist Jason Thompson and Hammond organist Howard Francis at the Church of Sound in Clapton for a promotional audio and video recording session of four of the forthcoming album tracks: I Still Haven’t Found (What I’m Looking For), Motherless Child, Human and Mamma Said. The session was almost entirely “live”, in that only the bass guitar and drums were overdubbed, and the song arrangements were identical to those on the album. But these recordi ..read more

At 1.20pm on December 27th we joined Mica Paris to sing songs off her album once again, this time on BBC One’s Songs Of Praise This was a very moving show: Mica in conversation with British gospel giants Mark De-Lisser and Bazil Meade among others, on subjects including her own faith journey, the tragic loss of her brother in 2001 and her connection to American gospel music past and present. Watch trailer Share ..read more

At 1.20pm this Sunday (December 27th) we’re joining Mica Paris to sing songs off her album once again, this time on BBC One’s Songs Of Praise This will be a very moving show: Mica in conversation with British gospel giants Mark De-Lisser and Bazil Meade among others, on subjects including her own faith journey, the tragic loss of her brother in 2001 and her connection to American gospel music past and present. Watch trailer Share ..read more

We were honoured to be singing alongside our choral friends from St Martin in the Fields at the first ever Virtual Parliamentary Carol Service, hosted by the Speakers of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Featuring two of our best loved gospel Christmas anthems: the Clark Sisters’ Oh Come Emmanuel, and the Broadway Inspirational Voices’ Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Watch now on Youtube (The service was broadcast on Tuesday 15th December from 5:00-5:45pm) Share ..read more

We're honoured to be singing alongside our choral friends from St Martin in the Fields at the first ever Virtual Parliamentary Carol Service, hosted by the Speakers of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. We’ll be singing two of our best loved gospel Christmas anthems: the Clark Sisters’ Oh Come Emmanuel, and the Broadway Inspirational Voices’ Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Socially distanced a cappella singing has been one of 2020’s many new challenges... The hope is that the service, which will be broadcast on Tuesday 15th December from 5:00-5:45pm, will provid ..read more

Mica Paris is one the greatest British soul singers, if not the greatest. And her talent goes well beyond singing: in 2020 alone, she could be seen as a cast member of Eastenders on BBC1, and presenting Gospel According To Mica on BBC4. On December 4th she released her first gospel album, simply entitled 'Gospel', and Soul Sanctuary had the privilege and the joy of being the choir on that album. The privilege is obvious - the joy flows from the music, a mix of classics and Mica originals, and from Mica herself, who is one of those rare charismatic-yet-generous singers with whom it’s alw ..read more

Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir was featured on Sky Arts on 6th December 2020 in a musical special filmed in collaboration with director Charlie Parham, creative consultant Coky Giedroyc and Seek Films. The special is now available to stream on Sky Go and NowTV from now until 5th January 2021 Watch on Sky Go Watch on NowTV Watch the trailer Read our preview feature in the Observer Shepherds in flowing robes. Ornate crooks made of hazel. Snow-white sheep... It’s a beautiful story, but it’s a fairytale.  Let us introduce you to the Night Watchmen. Lowly, poor and dispossessed people. Ou ..read more

Mica Paris is one the greatest British soul singers, if not the greatest. And her talent goes well beyond singing: this year alone, she could be seen as a cast member of Eastenders on BBC1, and presenting Gospel According To Mica on BBC4. On December 4th she returns to her gospel roots with the release of her first gospel album, simply entitled 'Gospel', and Soul Sanctuary has the privilege and the joy of being the choir on that album. The privilege is obvious - the joy flows from the music, a mix of classics and Mica originals, and from Mica herself, who is one of those rare charismatic-yet ..read more

Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir will feature on Sky Arts at 6pm on Sunday 6th December in a musical special filmed in collaboration with director Charlie Parham, creative consultant Coky Giedroyc and Seek Films. Shepherds in flowing robes. Ornate crooks made of hazel. Snow-white sheep... It’s a beautiful story, but it’s a fairytale.  Let us introduce you to the Night Watchmen. Lowly, poor and dispossessed people. Outsiders. They were the first to witness the birth of Jesus, not the shepherds from advent calendars and advertising campaigns.  But their story has been forgotten.  I ..read more