Sister Gertrude - Let's Make a Record reviewed in Rolling Stone by David Fricke in his column "Out There."
The Review:
God is in every shout and jangel here; There is no room for anyone else. Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980) was a painter, singer and self-proclaimed "bride of Christ" whose visually explosive folk art is celebrated on the museum circuit. But her one album, made in New Orleans probably in the 1960's is one of black gospels music's secret relics. Morgan fires up traditional hymns with hot chant and spoken reverie, accompanied only by her clanging tambourine. This is divine minimalism, a meaty hallelujah in which you can clearly hear the Delta-church origins of Jamaican Rasta-DJ culture and early Bronx hip-hop.