47th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards Recipients
Read a synopsis of the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards, including a list of award recipients, below, courtesy of Dave Paulson and The Tennessean: 47th GMA Dove Awards
Trisha Alicia – Pieces
Trisha Alicia Pieces New Day Christian Distributors (2016) www.trishalicia.com By Bob Marovich Martrisha Atkins (aka Trisha Alicia) is a singer-songwriter and spoken word artist whose album, Pieces, is a string of selections designed to tell a story—her story—not so much to achieve personal catharsis, though I’m sure it does, but [...]
Nate Bean & 4Given – Hymns & Devotionals Unplugged
Nate Bean & 4Given Hymns & Devotionals Unplugged G.Favored Entertainment Group/DREAM Gospel (release date: July 1, 2016) www.TheGFavored.com By Bob Marovich It’s heartening to witness the increased interest in hymns. These songs of the church, with their timeless messages and poignant melodies, brought generations through some of the hardest trials [...]
JGM Pick of the Week: October 10, 2016
“Walking in Victory” Angela “Missy” Billups E’Mazin Entertainment (2016) www.cdbaby.com/cd/angelamissybillups6 New York-based singer Missy Billups returns to her traditional roots on her latest single, “Walking in Victory.” This uptempo call-and-response piece, which Billups introduced at gospel conventions this summer, contains a calypso-sounding chorus that offers a vivid image of Billups [...]
Mahalia Jackson – Moving On Up a Little Higher
Mahalia Jackson Moving On Up a Little Higher Shanachie / Spirit Feel (release date: September 30, 2016) www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich Moving On Up a Little Higher may well be the finest collection of Mahalia Jackson selections ever released, and ranks among Anthony Heilbut’s best produced music projects to date. It’s [...]
eOne Music Nashville Appoints Gina Miller to VP/GM of Urban Inspirational
NASHVILLE, TN (October 5, 2016) – Entertainment One Music Nashville (eOne Music Nashville) announces the appointment of Gina Miller to VP/General Manager of Urban Inspirational, promoting the veteran music executive from her previous role as VP National Promotions and Label Relations for eOne Music Nashville. Joining the Nashville-based division 12 [...]
Attention Songwriters: Ami Rushes is Looking for You
LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, October 4, 2016) - Gospel recording artist Ami Rushes is gearing up for her sixth album and she wants to make you part of the process. As Rushes continues to uplift and inspire with her Sunday morning classics, praise and worship anthems and foot-stomping, hand-clapping Gospel [...]
Tyscot Records to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at GMA Dove Awards
Dr. Leonard Scott Nashville, TN. – The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced that Tyscot Records will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards that takes place Tuesday, October 11 at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville. The Indianapolis-based firm is the oldest-existing [...]
Don Frost: Silk Suits and Raggedy Underwear
Don Frost demo mahjong 2Silk Suits and Raggedy Underwear NBA and NFL Players Publishing, Inc. (246 pages, illustrations) http://donfrostbook.com By Bob Marovich If books on gospel music remain woefully underrepresented in the pantheon of American music writing, the number of volumes chronicling the white Southern Gospel experience is smaller still. [...]
Rev. Luther Barnes & the Restoration Worship Center Choir – The Favor of God
Rev. Luther Barnes and the Restoration Worship Center Choir The Favor of God Shanachie Entertainment (release date: September 9, 2016) www.shanachie.com By Bob Marovich Decades ago, Luther Barnes breathed the Red Budd Gospel Choir into life at the church his father, the late Reverend F. C. Barnes, founded in Rocky [...]
