Randall Martin of the Shiloh Baptist Church hosts a radio show and recently interview The Legendary Ingramettes… Give it  a listen!

We are offering free bus transportation from Hudsonto PS21 (and back) for anyone interested in attending the Legendary Ingramettes performance at 6:00 pm

THE LEGENDARY INGRAMETTES

Six decades of music, sixty-five years of song, generations tied together through the force of will of a matriarchy of powerful women. This is the story of African-American gospel quintet The Legendary Ingramettes, founded by Maggie Ingram to keep her family together through hardship, and now led by her daughter Almeta Ingram-Miller, who has carried on  Maggie’s legacy since her death in 2015. Inspired by the black gospel male quartets of the 1940s and 50s, The Legendary Ingramettes bring roof-raising harmonies and explosively powerful vocals, all driven by the voices of women. 

Based for many years out of Richmond, Virginia, Take A Look In The Book is the group’s first release under Almeta’s leadership. A scintillating vocalist in her own right, the album showcases Almeta’s bold new vision and towering vocal abilities, with backing by her niece Cheryl Maroney-Yancey, sister-in-law Carrie Jackson, Maggie’s goddaughter Valerie Stewart, and a rock-solid rhythm section. The album draws on songs from new Appalachian sources including Ola Belle Reed and Bill Withers, and reworks family favorites, some of which date back to old spirituals. Produced by state folklorist Jon Lohman as part of the Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities, Take A Look in the Book was recorded over just three days in Richmond, with most songs being cut in one take to capture the power of the group’s incendiary live performances. A live show from The Legendary Ingramettes is a house-rocking affair, with audiences getting whipped to a gospel fervor, and the recording comes close.

The brick synagogue building was erected from 1909 to 1913 in Hudson, New York. In 1966, the congregation sold the building to Shiloh Baptist Church. The three-bay facade of the old building still has most of its original decoration including a round window with a Hebrew inscription with the congregation’s name encircling it, and two roundels with raised reliefs of Jewish stars on either side of the attic story. There may have been – and may still be – an inscription over the main entrance, but this is now covered with the name of the church.

In its almost 60 years serving the Hudson area, Shiloh Baptist Church has become a staple in the African American community.  The current leader of the church is Pastor Alan E. Williams.