Contemporary spin on spirituals finds a surprise audience in choirs

Is it possible to write new spirituals for a secular audience?
That’s one of the questions singer Coco Love Alcorn asked herself a few years back on the way to creating her album Wonderland.
“I was really curious to write songs exploring the human spirit,” she explains, “songs that weren’t specifically connected to one religion. It’s just open-source spiritual music that doesn’t exclude anyone, that invites everyone in, hopefully.”
Ultimately, the