Gospel Music

CD Single Review: Fred Martin & the Levite Camp

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00October 19th, 2006|

CD Single Review:“Crossroads/Until I Found the Lord”Fred Martin & the Levite CampFrom the CD Some BridgesConcord Records 2006www.concordmusicgroup.comIf you believe the folktale that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil so he could become a blues guitar prodigy, you will find it improbable that anyone would dare mix Johnson’s [...]

CD Review: The Man From Nazareth – Edward Boatner

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00October 16th, 2006|

The Man From Nazareth (Edward Boatner)Boatner Spiritual ChoraleHeller Recordings 2006www.themanfromnazareth.comThe first sentence of the narrative that opens The Man From Nazareth says it all: “This is the story of Jesus told by American Blacks as they related it to their own lives and hopes.”In 1971, Edward Boatner (1898 – 1981) [...]

CD Single Review: Clarissa Smith — “Tis So Sweet”

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00October 12th, 2006|

“Tis So Sweet”Clarissa SmithFrom the CD God Has Got Your BackHeaven Sent Records 2005www.gospelswap.com/clarissasmithThe fact that Clarissa Smith is the sister of jazz/blues diva Dinah Washington unfairly overshadows her own accomplishments as a music educator at Chicago’s Calumet High School, where she taught gospel luminaries such as Walt Whitman and [...]

CD Single Review — Henry Green feat. John P. Kee

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00October 8th, 2006|

“There’s Been a Change”Henry Green, feat. John P. KeeFrom the Blackberry album Mr. Green’s Session2006www.blackberryrecords.comWilliams Brothers alumnus Henry Green gets top billing on the solid “There’s Been a Change,” but the song really belongs to special guest John P. Kee, who shouts his testimony as if he were a Williams [...]

CD Single Review: Elder Jimmy Hicks and the V.O.I.

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00October 2nd, 2006|

“This Kind by Fasting and Prayer”Elder Jimmy Hicks and the Voices of IntegrityWorldwide Music, Inc.2005“This Kind by Fasting and Prayer” is a similar sounding follow-up to the group’s enjoyable hit, “Born Blessed,” and on the same CD as the latter, but in Elder Hicks’ case, sound-alike is a good thing. [...]

The Lord Made a Way…for the Dixie Hummingbirds

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 27th, 2006|

David April, host of "The Gospel Train" radio program, reports:"Governor Ed Rendell dedicated several blocks of Poplar Street near the old Met Theater in Philadelphia as Dixie Hummingbirds Way. The ceremony was followed by a cd release party for The Dixie Hummingbirds: Still Keepin' It Real/The Last Man Standing."(Photo: James [...]

TBGB Pick of the Week: September 25, 2006

2014-07-21T21:59:14-05:00September 24th, 2006|

“Can’t Forget”DeNetria ChampJDI Records 2006www.jdirecords.comIt’s hard to forget DeNetria Champ: she sings as effortlessly as she breathes. Her lyrical rhythm turns a song into a musical conversation, and her sound is a clone of Aretha Franklin’s. Both singers seem to have been born without a natural voice break, which allows [...]

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