Fred Hammond’s Tiny Desk Concert Was a Celebration of His Gospel Legacy

More than 40 years into a career that helped shape modern gospel music, Fred Hammond finally made his long-overdue NPR Tiny Desk debut — and he made the most of it.As part of NPR’s Black Music Month series celebrating the legacy of BET, Hammond delivered a career-spanning set that touched nearly every era of his journey, from his days with Commissioned to the praise-and-worship anthems that have become staples in churches around the world.The set opened with the recent track “Love Never Fails” b