From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In addition to jazz, blues, and dance music, Paramount released dozens of spiritual and sermon recordings during its short but prolific tenure.TBGB has heard that the specialist referred to below is none other than the "recording history detective" himself, Dick Spottswood. By LAWRENCE SUSSMANlsussman@journalsentinel.comPosted: June [...]
“Over My Head”Sounds of Blackness From the album UnitySLR Records 2005www.soundsofblackness.comIt’s hard to categorize Sounds of Blackness – and if there’s one thing we reviewers like to do, it’s categorize – because they have recorded just about every type of music borne and bred in the African American tradition in [...]
Various ArtistsGospel FavoritesSound of New Orleans 2006www.soundofneworleans.comNew Orleans author Lynn Abbott writes in the liner notes to this exquisite compilation: “On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, and the levee system gave way. The floodwaters quickly reached Gary’s Sound of New Orleans studio on Canal Boulevard, and [...]
TBGB received this note from Tammy Taylor, who asked us to keep GMWA board member Rodena Preston and the rest of the family in our prayers at this time. Billy Preston was a talented gospel and soul organist who could just about make the Hammond Organ sing in tongues. Billy [...]
“Come On Let’s Praise”Linton Phillips and Hearts of Worship Ministries 2006(708) 307-5483At the moment, the only way to hear this performance by Linton Phillips and the Hearts of Worship Ministries is to catch the ensemble live or to tune into gospel radio, as I do not believe Phillips’s project is [...]
Ed. Note: TBGB agrees 100 percent that a gospel museum belongs in Chicago, the city in which the music was given its voice.Republished courtesy of the Chicago Sun-TimesMay 28, 2006BY DAVE HOEKSTRA Staff Reporter Chicago Sun-TimesThe world's first gospel museum, hall of fame and educational center is being planned for [...]
TBGB invites you to attend the Chicago Gospel Fest. This year's roster is one of the best ever! And if you are in town for the Fest, be sure to tune into "Gospel Memories" Sunday morning from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. for classic gospel to get you started! "Gospel Memories," [...]
“Pray On My Child”Missionary TravelersSensational 1823ca. late 1960s/early 1970sThe name of the record label best describes the recording it carries by Chicago’s Missionary Travelers, led by Rev. D. Hardiman: sensational.While the story of The Dying Mother has been sung so often on gospel recordings as to be cliché today, the [...]
Gospel Festival to honor sounds and work of James ClevelandBy Aaron CohenSpecial to the TribunePublished May 28, 2006When Aretha Franklin set out to make gospel history, she knew who to call. In 1972 the soul legend returned to her devotional beginnings to record what would become a landmark crossover album, [...]
TBGB thanks Eric LeBlanc for providing this article, and congratulates Bob Darden on getting the funding to begin this very important project.May 2, 2006Media contacts: John Wilson, director of library advancement, (254) 710-3457 and Robert Darden, associate professor of journalism and author of "People Get Ready: A New History of [...]
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