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For over ten years the Soul Gospel Project has been spreading the joy of gospel music throughout Portugal.

 

Beyond the hair-raising a capella singing, the unity amongst this choir’s members is also part of what makes them special. The eclectic mix of people — from a coffee shop owner to a physicist and a lawyer — are united not by religion or background, but rather by a familial bond forged through song.

 

Commissioned by ‘Hey, Barista’, the editorial project of Swedish oat milk brand Oatly, I headed to a small church in Caparica, near Lisbon, for one of Soul Gospel Project’s concerts.

 

Gospel music is known for its power, but the difference between hearing it and experiencing it live can’t be overstated. The way in which the individual voices harmonised into a vigorous unison and the singer’s movements magically synchronised in a fluid sway that took hold of the entire audience, made me aware of how instinctive our desire for collectivity, for being part of something bigger, is.

 

Commissioned by Haley Weiss and Tess Mayer for Oatly’s Hey Barista! magazine. Words by Gaia Lutz.

 

 

 

A young african woman smiling in front of a wooden wall.
A woman in a black dress standing in front of a choir.
A group of people in blue robes singing.
A black woman with afro hair and earrings.
A crowd of people clapping in a church.
A woman in a graduation gown wearing earrings.
A close up of a blue satin fabric.
A group of people in blue robes standing in a church.
A woman in a blue robe singing.
A group of women in blue robes standing next to each other.
A woman in a blue robe smiling in front of a wooden wall.
A group of women singing in a church.
A woman in a blue robe singing into a microphone.
A piece of paper with a note on it on a tile floor.
A group of people in a church.
A woman with curly hair wearing gold earrings.
A group of people standing in a church.
A group of women in blue robes walking in a hallway.
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