Remember “I Had a Talk With My Man Last Night?” Hear from the lady who made it famous! Bob Marovich talks with Pastor Mitty Collier about her career in gospel and soul music, as well as her current ministry. “Conversations with the Gospel Legends,” a production of Rev. Harold Bailey’s PCC Network.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Damien Sneed and Chorale Le Chateau The Abyssinian Mass Blue Engine Records (release date: March 18, 2016) www.blueenginerecords.org By Bob Marovich During the sermon section of The Abyssinian Mass, Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III welcomes congregants with a statement that is the underlying theme of the piece: “Everybody has a place in the house of God.” Unity in diversity under one supreme deity is the binding agent of The Abyssinian Mass, written in partnership with Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church by Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician, composer, and educator Wynton Marsalis. Blending ...

The nominations in the Gospel and Contemporary Christian Music categories (#36-40) for the 58th GRAMMY Awards were announced, and they are as follows: 36. Best Gospel Performance/Song Worth [Live] – Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy Wanna Be Happy? – Kirk Franklin Intentional – Travis Greene How Awesome is Our God [Live] – Israel & Newbreed feat. Yolanda Adams Worth Fighting For [Live] – Brian Courtney Wilson   37. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains) – Crowder Because He Lives (Amen) – Matt Maher Soul On Fire – Third Day feat. ...