Gospel according to Joshua Nelson

He has sung for presidents and prime ministers, in synagogues and churches, with Wynton Marsalis and Aretha Franklin, even on "Oprah." At his best, he sounds like he's channeling the legendary Mahalia Jackson, with whom he fell in love as an 8-year-old growing up in Newark. But at the heart of every song Joshua Nelson, 28, performs is the simple ... (Full article: 672 words)

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