The first biography of arguably the most influential gospel artist of the 20th century, brought to life through interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction. His compositions—'The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power,' 'Through It All,' 'Jesus is the Answer,' 'Soon and Very Soon,' and others—set the gold standard for gospel music and remain staples in modern hymnals today. He is often spoken of in the same 'genius' pantheon as Mahalia Jackson, Thomas Dorsey, and the Rev. James Cleveland and was lauded as 'the foremost gospel singer of his generation' by former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama upon his death in 2015. In Soon and Very Soon, authors Robert Darden and Stephen Newby celebrate the countless ways that Crouch indelibly changed the course of gospel and popular music. Not least among them was Crouch's progressive pursuit to address the sociopolitical issues of his
