Music:
Member Since: 3/29/2007
Band Members: Hanna-Maria Helenius - Choir Director,
Higher Ground Vocals - 30 singers,
Higher Ground Mass Choir - 80 singers,
Sistas - 9 singers (Hanna-Maria Helenius, Jenni Lambert, Joanna Isoviita, Johanna Försti, Maki Suuronen, Mirjam Puukki, Mirkka Liimatta, Riitta Keränen and Satu Rantanen),
Higher Ground Band: Sakari Pitkäsalo - keys, Maria Ilmoniemi - keys, Janne Halonen - guitar, Ndioba Gueye - bass, Opa Salminen - drums, Toni Porthen - drums, Joonatan Rautio - sax, Sami Saarikoski - sax, Mikko Pettinen - trumpet, Heikki Tuhkanen - trombone and Vellu Salminen - bass, leader of the Higher Ground.
Influences: Andrae Crouch, Clark Sisters, Edwin & Walter Hawkins, Rance Allen, Richard Smallwood, Shirley Caesar, The Staple Singers, The Winans, Aretha Franklin, Bootsy Collins, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Earth, Wind & Fire, Funkadelic-Parliament, The Gap Band, Graham Central Station, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Chicago Mass Choir, Deitrick Haddon, Denetria Champ, DeWayne Woods, Donald Lawrence, Donnie McClurkin, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Fred Hammond, Gary Mayes & NU Era, Hezekiah Walker, Israel And New Breed, James Hall & W.P., Rev. James Moore, J Moss, John P. Kee, Joshua's Troop, Karen Clark-Sheard, Kenny Lewis & One Voice, Kevin Vasser, Kim Burrell, Kirk Franklin, Kurt Carr, Larry D. Trotter, LaShun Pace, Lisa McClendon, Marcus Cole, Marvin Sapp, Mary Mary, Men Of Standard, Micah Stampley, Montrel Darrett, Myron Butler & LEVI, Natalie Wilson & S.O.P., New Direction, Norman Hutchins, PJ Morton, Smokie Norful, The Soul Seekers, Tamela Mann, Tonex, Twinkie Clark, Tye Tribbett & G.A., Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Vashawn Mitchell, Yolanda Adams, etc.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None
