[piano intro] - [Announcer] "Shaped by Sound" is made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the North Carolina Arts Council within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

- "Shaped by Sound."

[upbeat music] - 13 North Carolina artists.

Their songs, their stories.

This stage.

[vinyl record crackling] ♪ Friends ♪ ♪ This is my way of communicating ♪ ♪ To tell you what the Lord can do ♪ ♪ The Lord can do ♪ ♪ He can save your soul ♪ ♪ And make you whole again ♪ ♪ That ain't all he can do for you ♪ ♪ Do for you ♪ ♪ When it seems like your enemy ♪ ♪ Is pressing you more and more ♪ ♪ More and more ♪ ♪ All you gotta do is call, Call on God ♪ ♪ Well, the one who made you ♪ ♪ He'll bring, He'll bring peace to you ♪ ♪ Can we say it again ♪ ♪ Call ♪ ♪ Call on God ♪ ♪ I know the one who made you ♪ ♪ He'll bring, He'll bring peace to you ♪ ♪ Well, and after you ♪ ♪ Have been delivered ♪ ♪ There is something else that you should know ♪ ♪ You should know ♪ ♪ God is always there with you ♪ ♪ And it doesn't matter where you go ♪ ♪ Where you go ♪ ♪ When friends turn their backs on you ♪ ♪ And it feels like there's nothing you can do ♪ ♪ You can do ♪ ♪ Well, all you gotta is just ♪ ♪ Call ♪ ♪ Call on God ♪ ♪ I know the one who made you ♪ ♪ He'll bring, He'll bring peace to you ♪ ♪ Come on, girls, say it again ♪ ♪ Call on God ♪ ♪ I know the one who made you ♪ ♪ He'll bring, He'll bring peace to you ♪ ♪ Well, call him up ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Call my Jesus ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Call Jesus ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Call my Lord, yeah ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ He'll fix it for you ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ In your time of trouble ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ You can call my God, yeah ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ You can call on God, yeah ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Call Jesus ♪ ♪ Just call on Jesus ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Call Jesus ♪ ♪ Just call on Jesus ♪ ♪ Call him up ♪ ♪ Well ♪ ♪ I tell you Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Talkin' 'bout Jesus, I said Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ I said Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Talkin' 'bout my friend Jesus ♪ ♪ I said Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ I said Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ I said Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ I said Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ Holy Ghost power ♪ ♪ I said a wheel turning ♪ ♪ A wheel turning ♪ ♪ A wheel turning ♪ ♪ A wheel turning ♪ ♪ I said a fire burning ♪ ♪ Fire burning ♪ ♪ I said a fire burning ♪ ♪ Fire burning ♪ ♪ I said Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ I said Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ I call him Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ I know he'll bring peace to you ♪ [music ends] - Christy and Tinesha from Faith and Harmony, thank you so much for being on "Shaped by Sound."

- Thank you for having us.

- Yes, thank you for having us.

- Of course, we are very excited to have you all.

So can you talk to us a little bit about how Faith and Harmony came to be?

- So the two sets of sisters probably back in like 2011.

Well, we've all sung our whole lives together as a choir or praising.

We'll come together and sing.

But around 2012, we both had separate groups.

And KeAmber, she's one of the older ones.

They're the oldest.

She came and was like, "What if we just combined the groups together?"

And we were like, "Yeah.

We sing together all the time, so why not?

We gotta figure out a name if we're gonna come together.

We can't be the Edwards Sisters and the Daniel Sisters mixed together.

We gotta come up with a new name."

So we opened up the hymn book, and we was like, "Okay, whatever word we stop on, that's what it's gonna be."

So we stopped on Faith.

It was like, "Okay, Faith.

Now what?"

And I think it might've been Kadesha.

She was like, "Well, we harmonize, so let's put Harmony with it."

So that's how we got Faith and Harmony.

We just combined two groups together.

- Boom.

Yeah.

- I was not a part of that.

In the initial group, I was not there.

I was not there.

They actually had this other girl that was not even a sister.

- [James] Really?

- [Tinesha] They did.

- Huh?

So how did you get into the group then?

- My uncle said, "Why are you not singing with the girls?"

[Tinesha and Christy laugh] - Was there a family meeting?

And they were like, "All right, come on in."

- He was just talking to me randomly.

"Why are you not singing with the girls?"

So I said, "Mm-mm."

So they sung one time at church, and they let me come.

And then I joined.

- And there's no bad blood there now after the initial situation.

- I'm in now.

- [James] Heck yeah.

- Been in since 2012.

- I mean, you were there early days?

- [Tinesha and Christy] Yeah.

- Just not the very, very beginning.

- She's talking about that specific story.

She wasn't there when we picked the name.

- She's gonna never let that down.

- [Tinesha] I'm not.

- Good for you.

- They had a whole other girl.

[Tinesha and Christy laugh] - Correct me if I'm wrong here, but you all are descendants of the Glorifying Vines Sisters.

- [Tinesha and Christy] Yes.

- That's pretty awesome.

And I will say, for those who don't know, they're sort of like the matriarchs of Eastern North Carolina as far as the music scene goes.

What's that like for y'all?

- I think all of us grew up listening to them.

For some people being younger, it was like they had people that were celebrities to them.

But we went to their concerts.

So that's who was the most important and celebrities to us: our grandparents.

- What was it like to see your grandparents as celebrities?

- Amazing.

Absolutely amazing.

We wanted to be up there with them.

Any chance we got to get up there, we wanted to be up there.

It was amazing.

It was different.

But it was absolutely amazing.

[soulful gospel music] - How y'all doing?

Y'all don't mind having church with us for just a little while, don't you?

[singer vocalizing] ♪ Like a ship I'm tossed and I'm driven ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm battered by the angry sea ♪ ♪ And when the storms of life are raging ♪ ♪ And the fury all falls on me ♪ ♪ I cry, Lord ♪ ♪ What have I done ♪ ♪ Lord, to make my race so hard to run ♪ ♪ But then I say to my soul don't worry ♪ ♪ I know the Lord will make a way somehow ♪ ♪ I try to do my best in the service ♪ ♪ Lord, I try to do the best that I can ♪ ♪ But when I try to do the right thing ♪ ♪ Evil pressing me on every hand ♪ ♪ I look up and I wonder why ♪ ♪ My good fortune seems to pass me on by ♪ ♪ But then I say to my soul don't worry ♪ ♪ Don't you ever worry ♪ ♪ The Lord will make a way somehow ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ Oh God, make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ Oh God, make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ I already know he can ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ I know he will ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ I know he can ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ I know he will ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ ♪ And then I say to my soul ♪ ♪ Don't you ever worry ♪ ♪ The Lord will make a way ♪ ♪ Some- ♪ ♪ Some- ♪ ♪ Somehow ♪ [singers vocalizing] [music ends] - You all can trace your musical heritage back very far.

Is that true?

Like centuries ago.

- The Glorifying Vines Sisters consist of my grandma and her sisters.

And then her husband... Some of their husbands would play instruments or sing as well.

Our uncle would sing.

But then also our granddad, which was her husband, was a part of Little Willie and the Spiritualaires.

So he was pretty famous too.

- Wow!

Yeah.

- So we come from a big family of singers.

We would get together.

I remember one family reunion.

Part of it was a church service.

So everybody's at church, and they bust out with a song.

Everybody started singing.

It was like this mass choir in harmony.

It was pretty cool.

- Whoa!

It's probably amazing.

I'm just trying to think of what your family reunion would be like.

And I mean- - Church.

- [Tinesha] Yeah, it was always church.

- Especially with so many musicians in one family.

What's it like to travel together as a big gospel group?

- I think as a family, we all have a very wonderful sense of humor.

So it's never a dull moment.

I promise it's never a dull moment.

I wanna say last year we were in Colorado, and it wasn't the guys' first time, 'cause they had already been.

So they gave us the pre-warning, like, "You're not gonna be able to breathe at all."

- Oh, because of the elevation?

- Yes.

So we got there, jumped off the bus, and I was like, "Oh, I'm great.

I'm fine."

Took three steps, and I was like, "I am exacerbated."

- I'm tired.

- I couldn't breathe at all.

So I'm like, "Where's the water and the air?

I need a little."

I would say it feels safe because it's not just us.

We're girls, we're women.

So it can be a little iffy, but we have the guys with us, so we feel protected.

Of course, we have the good Lord with us.

But it's fun.

It's absolutely fun.

[upbeat gospel music] [singer vocalizing] ♪ O land, O land ♪ ♪ Of rest, Land of rest ♪ ♪ For thee ♪ ♪ For thee I sigh ♪ ♪ When will the moment ♪ ♪ That moment shall come ♪ ♪ When I, When I ♪ ♪ I shall lay my armor by, I shall lay ♪ ♪ I gotta lay it down ♪ ♪ And I'll dwell, And dwell ♪ ♪ In peace ♪ ♪ In peace at home, oh Lord ♪ ♪ We will work, We will work ♪ ♪ We're gonna work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until Jesus comes, Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ We'll work, We will work ♪ ♪ Until Jesus, Until Jesus ♪ ♪ Calls us on home, Comes ♪ ♪ We will work, We will work ♪ ♪ We've gotta work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until, Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ And that's when, That's when ♪ ♪ We're gonna gather, We'll gather ♪ ♪ Home ♪ [singer vocalizing] ♪ I sought, I sought ♪ ♪ At once my Savior, Sought at once ♪ ♪ My Savior's side ♪ ♪ But no more, No more ♪ ♪ Shall my steps, my steps shall roam ♪ ♪ But with him I'll brave ♪ ♪ I'll brave hell ♪ ♪ And the chilling, the chilling tide ♪ ♪ The chilling tide ♪ ♪ Lord, that's when you ♪ ♪ Conduct me to my heavenly home ♪ ♪ We will work, We will work ♪ ♪ We're gonna work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until ♪ ♪ Until Jesus comes, Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ We'll work, We will work ♪ ♪ Until Jesus, Until Jesus ♪ ♪ Calls us on home, Comes ♪ ♪ We will work, We will work ♪ ♪ We're gonna work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until, Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ And that's when, That's when ♪ ♪ We're gonna gather, We'll gather ♪ ♪ Home ♪ ♪ We will work, We will work ♪ ♪ We've gotta work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ I wanna be there when all stand ♪ ♪ We will work ♪ ♪ Every knee's gonna bow ♪ ♪ Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ Every tongue's gonna confess ♪ ♪ That Jesus is Lord ♪ ♪ We will work ♪ ♪ We're gonna work, We'll work ♪ ♪ Until, Until Jesus comes ♪ ♪ And that's when, That's when ♪ ♪ We're gonna gather, We'll gather ♪ ♪ Home ♪ ♪ Home ♪ [singers vocalizing] ♪ My grandmamma and my aunts ♪ ♪ Were from an old church ♪ ♪ They'd slow it down like this ♪ ♪ We will ♪ ♪ Work ♪ ♪ We will ♪ ♪ Work ♪ ♪ Until ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Until he comes ♪ ♪ Comes ♪ ♪ And that's ♪ ♪ When ♪ ♪ That's ♪ ♪ When ♪ ♪ We'll gather ♪ ♪ There ♪ ♪ We're going home ♪ ♪ Home ♪ ♪ Home ♪ [singers sustain "home"] [music fades] - What do you love about performing gospel music?

- That's a good one for me.

For me, it's the way it makes me feel.

And when I look out, it's the way the audience reacts to it.

Because we've had people come up to us and say, "You know, I really don't believe in the Lord, but you guys sound absolutely wonderful, and I think I might listen to you guys."

So it's touching people.

I love that part, because that's what we're here for.

We're here to spread the good news, the Gospel.

And I know that when I'm singing, sometimes I'm singing to myself.

It may seem like she's a great performer, like she's singing to the people.

But sometimes I'm really singing to myself, and I'm encouraging myself because I've had a hard week or anything could happen.

So that's how it is for me.

- [Tinesha] Definitely.

- Do you have an answer for that one too?

- I feel... I don't know, it makes me feel happy inside.

Even if you're going through something small or pretty terrible, if you listen to gospel or you start singing, you feel better.

Your problem may not be solved instantly, but you may feel like, "Okay, I can carry on.

Let me figure out something to push forward."

- This is one question I try and ask everybody that comes on the show.

It's one of the reasons why we developed this show.

We were thinking about how music can affect people, how it affects who we are in our communities, and how it affects our daily lives.

So we were thinking, well, how are people shaped by sound?

I was wondering, how do you all believe that you're shaped by sound?

- For me... music and sound, I feel like it runs through me, because I love music.

I sing when I clean.

I think that's all of us.

I sing when I clean.

I had a baby with colic, and my dad said, "Have you tried to sing to him?"

I sung him to sleep, because I was losing sleep.

So in everything, I feel like because we grew up in it, it's just who we are.

It's who we are.

My grandmother had a dog, and the dog would sing.

We would be at my grandma's house, and the dog's name was Pooky.

And Pooky would be singing with us too.

So it's just in us.

- Wow!

- I feel like we're shaped by it, because that's what molded us from the beginning.

I was probably three years old, and they would stand me up in a chair, 'cause people couldn't see me in the choir singing.

They would stand me up in a chair, and I would sing.

We've been singing since we probably could talk, all of us, all six of us.

We probably sung first.

- When we have babies, we play and sing with them.

I'm like, "Woo!"

- Practice.

- You know, a little baby.

And we've been like that since we were small.

- It shapes us, 'cause it's literally who we are.

We love music.

If there is music on in the store, I'm singing.

Look past the aisle, and they're like, "Who is that?"

It's probably me.

- I love Walmart.

You know how they have the sound all the way in the parking lot, and I'm like pushing the cart.

I'm like, "Oh!"

- Oh, I do that at Food Lion all the time.

And it's funny 'cause you get a really... Whoever's running the playlist at Food Lion... - [Christy] It's always the best.

- It's always killing it.

- Always the best.

- Shout out to them.

They're not sponsoring us, but if they want to.

[Tinesha laughs] Well, thank you both so much for being here, and thank you to the entire band for being here.

We are just so excited to have you.

So thank you so much.

And thank you again.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

Thank you guys.

[upbeat gospel music begins] ♪ If I were you ♪ ♪ I would ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ If I were you ♪ ♪ I would ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ If I were you ♪ ♪ I would ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If I were you, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If I were you, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Somebody oughta help me lift Jesus ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If you need a breakthrough, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If you need a breakthrough, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Somebody here is waiting on Jesus ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If God's been good ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If God's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what you oughta do ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ - Come on, Faith and Harmony, let's show 'em how we shuffle.

[instrumental break] ♪ If I were you, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If I were you, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Somebody oughta help me lift Jesus ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If you need a breakthrough, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If you need a breakthrough, I would ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Somebody here is waiting on Jesus ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Stand up ♪ ♪ Stand up and praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If God's been good ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ If God's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what you oughta do ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ - One more time, Faith and Harmony.

They ain't catch it the first time.

[instrumental break] ♪ If God's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ I know he's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ If my God's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ I know he's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what you oughta do ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Help me praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Come on and praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Come on and praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, help me to praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, I got to praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, come on and praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Oh every now and then, Praise him ♪ ♪ I get down on my knees, Praise him ♪ ♪ I tell the Lord, thank you, Jesus ♪ ♪ Praise him ♪ ♪ You've been so good to me, Praise him ♪ ♪ Hey, I got to praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ I gotta praise him ♪ ♪ I got to praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ I gotta praise him ♪ ♪ I got to praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him ♪ ♪ Come on and praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord, Praise ♪ ♪ Come on and praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Come on and praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ Praise him, Praise him ♪ ♪ If God's been good to you ♪ ♪ God's been good to you ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ Shown up, got you through ♪ ♪ You know what you oughta ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ You know what to- ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ [upbeat gospel music continues] [upbeat gospel music continues] - Woo!

[music ends] [cymbal taps] - [James] Thanks for joining us on "Shaped by Sound."

If you'd like to hear more of our discussion from today, you can find it over on our website, pbsnc.org/shapedbysound.

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[soulful gospel music] [soulful gospel music continues] ♪ It is a highway ♪ ♪ To my God, To heaven ♪ ♪ None can walk up there ♪ ♪ None can walk up there ♪ [music fades] - [Announcer] "Shaped by Sound" is made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the North Carolina Arts Council within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.