A now-bygone Houston gospel quartet, the Echoes of Zion, was singing in an old storefront-turned ... the heart of all American pop music, and as we now know, country music,” Darden says, noting ...

The album, “Bakersfield Believes,” is as much a who’s who of Bakersfield’s most gifted musical talents, country ... up with gospel music. Sunday mornings dad would put the old album ...