Gospel Music

“Alright” – Michele Mundy

2014-07-21T21:56:30-05:00April 17th, 2010|

“Alright”Michele MundyFrom the Favor Records CD Divine Favor (2009)www.cdbaby.com/cd/michelemundyIn 2004, Roger Mundy, Jr. entered a New Albany, Mississippi hospital unresponsive. His singer-songwriter daughter Michele explained: “I went outside the hospital to pray because his blood pressure was increasing. I heard a voice…tell me to go sing to him.” She reentered [...]

A Gospel Calling: Mahalia Jackson Sings (DVD)

2014-07-21T21:56:31-05:00April 16th, 2010|

A Gospel Calling: Mahalia Jackson SingsHollywood Select Video/Infinity Entertainment Group (2010)Although Nat Cole’s television variety program in the 1950s helped open the door a little, by the early 1960s, African Americans were still relegated to the same old stereotypical images on the squawk box. Diahann Carroll and “Julia” were still [...]

Rev. Ed Wilson & the Rising Stars – Dreams Do Come True

2014-07-21T21:56:31-05:00April 13th, 2010|

Rev. Ed Wilson & the Rising Star SingersDreams Do Come TrueSharp Records 2009www.sharprecordsusa.comDreams Do Come True, by the Rising Star Singers of Eastover, South Carolina, is clearly the product of a group that has traveled back and forth along the gospel highway for quite some time. Several songs on the [...]

“I Believe” – Praises of Zion

2014-07-21T21:56:31-05:00April 13th, 2010|

“I Believe”Praises of ZionSavoy Records 2010www.malaco.com“Come on, make some noise for the Lord,” a voice cries out at the beginning of “I Believe.” The Praises of Zion respond accordingly, commencing a musical conversation between leader and choir that is characteristic of contemporary gospel.The Praises of Zion Choir hails from The [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: April 12, 2010

2014-07-21T21:56:31-05:00April 12th, 2010|

“His Mercy”Called II WorshipFrom the CD Foreverwww.myspace.com/called2worship“His Mercy” is a delicate and hypnotic worship song delivered passionately and reverently by Cincinnati’s Called II Worship, a male group whose harmonies and soaring tenor leads bear no slight resemblance to the work of Commissioned and Boyz II Men (the use of II [...]

R.I.P. – Apostle Arvetra Jones, Sr.

2014-07-21T21:56:31-05:00April 12th, 2010|

Al "The Bishop" Hobbs, Chairman of the Gospel Announcers Guild, announced that Apostle Arvetra Jones, Sr. made his transition from labor to reward Saturday, April 10, 2010, in Chapel Hill, NC. Among other things, Apostle Jones, Sr. was a gospel recording artist and father of Pastor Arvetra Jones, Jr., president [...]

Go to Top