Harlem Gospel Travelers share a message of hope on ‘Look Up!’

Gospel music has always offered hope in hard times and light in the dark, whether you’re listening to it or like the Harlem Gospel Travelers, you’re singing it yourself.

The group has its roots in a gospel quartet class Eli “Paperboy” Reed taught — and today you’ll hear how he joined forces with singers Ifedayo Thomas Gatling, George Marage and Dennis Bailey, discovered and nurtured their talents, and how the tumult and challenges of the last few years inspired the hopeful, powerful songs on the latest Harlem Gospel Travelers album, Look Up!