In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada, Contemporary Color is a beautifully filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event.

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

It's foot-stomping, soul-searching music that has raised the roof (in a spiritual sense, anyway) more than once: gospel. Now, you can learn about the people who give voice to this thrilling contemporary sound in this packed video that includes the candid stories -- and music -- of such artists as Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Dr. Bobby Jones, Karen Clark Sheard, Vickie Winans, T-Bone and many others.