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Pastor T.L. Barrett's Five Decades Spent As A Current For Our Sails

Pastor T.L. Barrett rewrote the rules of gospel in the 1970s and '80s. Courtesy of the artist/Shore Fire Media hide caption

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Pastor T.L. Barrett's Five Decades Spent As A Current For Our Sails

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with gospel artist Pastor T.L. Barrett, Jr., whose collected work was recently reissued in a box set called I Shall Wear a Crown.

Pastor T.L. Barrett's Five Decades Spent As A Current For Our Sails

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