{"id":385893,"date":"2025-08-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/?p=385893"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:07:42","slug":"the-best-spirituals-new-album-by-gen-rosso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/the-best-spirituals-new-album-by-gen-rosso\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Best Spirituals&#8221;, new album by Gen Rosso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genrosso.com\/\"><strong>Gen Rosso<\/strong><\/a>, one of the Focolare Movement\u2019s international bands, has announced the release of a new album entitled <strong>&#8220;The Best Spirituals&#8221;<\/strong>. This collection marks a significant moment in their career, bringing together live versions of some of the most famous songs from the band&#8217;s spiritual repertoire, recorded during tours from 2020-2025. The album stands out both for the selection of songs and for the new arrangements and reinterpretations which give a contemporary voice to timeless melodies.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cs_Gen-Rosso-The-Best-Spirituals_it-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385775\" style=\"width:266px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cs_Gen-Rosso-The-Best-Spirituals_it-980x980.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cs_Gen-Rosso-The-Best-Spirituals_it-480x480.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Each track has been carefully reinterpreted to engage today\u2019s listeners while preserving the heart of the &#8220;<em>Spirituals<\/em>&#8221; tradition. The live recordings capture the energy of the stage, the emotion of the moment and the deep connection between the artists and the audience, inviting listeners into an experience of hope and closeness. <\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Seeing these songs continue to live and generate life even today is something wonderful and very important, a legacy that must be valued and preserved over time,&#8221; says Band. This desire to keep the tradition alive is reflected in Gen Rosso\u2019s concerts, where audiences are encouraged to sing along and participate, transforming each performance into a shared celebration of joy. <strong>&#8220;The Best Spirituals&#8221;<\/strong> is not just an album; it is an invitation to rediscover time and time again, the beauty and relevance of these powerful messages. With rich harmonies, vibrant arrangements, and renewed rhythms, Gen Rosso continues to further its passion for music, paying tribute to a musical and cultural heritage that transcends time and generations.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The release of this album is an unmissable opportunity for fans of Gen Rosso music and for anyone who believes in the power of art as a force for unity and change.<\/p>\n\n<p>Gen Rosso invites everyone to join them on this particular musical journey, rediscovering together the timeless value of the &#8220;<em>Spirituals<\/em>&#8221; and letting themselves be carried away by the emotions that only music and history together will be able to evoke. The album is available from 11 August on all digital platforms. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Lorenzo Russo<\/em><br\/><em>Photo: Gen Rosso at the Youth Jubilee in Tor Vergata (Rome) on August 2, 2025 (\u00a9 Gen Rosso)<\/em><br\/><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:152px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A musical journey between tradition and innovation, available on all digital platforms from 11th August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":385786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2826],"tags":[3605,3426,3349,3196],"class_list":["post-385893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultura-2","tag-gen-rosso-en","tag-musica-en","tag-notifiche-en","tag-ppg-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385894,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385893\/revisions\/385894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}