. ♪ ♪ no ba de say no ba de ohm. ♪ from the stage to the audience you can see how the sound pulls peoplethey're all moving to the same pulse. the music is providing something for them to move to, and they're in agreement with us on stage and somehow, some way, we're all in this together. [music continues] (man) they'll come and watch the show, and they'll dance together and afterwards they'll go outside and get their drums out of their trunks and play drums in the parking lot. it's a way to bring people together in an age where it's really hard to do that because in this society, it's increasingly not set up that way. [lilting flute plays] (dispirito) i think the performance of music is very cathartic even for the people performing it. i know that i get into a very meditative space myself when i'm performing. you get lost in the music. ♪ amen. ♪ ♪ oh, yeah. ♪ ♪ amen. ♪ ♪ we're called... ♪ (narrator) music plays a fundamental role in religious expression around the world. american gospel music is a uniquely african-american musical genre. during the service music acts as a catalyst that d