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 [...]
“Listen to the Lambs”Cliff Go-BerFrom the Expressions from the Heart album4-Life Musick 2004Okay, I’m a little slow to jump on this one, but if it weren’t for Numero Group Records owner Rob Sevier passing this gem on to me, I wouldn’t have heard it in the first place. And that [...]
“Praise On My Lips”Sonja G. Whitmore & the High Praise Chorale EnsembleFrom the Twin Diamond Springs Production album Praise On My Lips2006www.sgwhpce.comRemember Sonja Whitmore, the composer of “More Abundantly?” The gospel song that propelled Ricky Dillard and the New Generation Chorale to superstardom in the 1990s? The song that turned [...]
“For All the Love”June RochelleFrom her forthcoming album, Changing PlacesVision Entertainment Media Group 2006For the first few seconds, “For All the Love” sounds every bit like a love song to a human partner. A few seconds later, one learns that it’s not an earth-bound being at all that June Rochelle [...]
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