Brooklyn All StarsLive in Richmond, VirginiaMalaco Records (2013)www.malaco.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogMoss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone, nor on a gospel quartet like the Brooklyn All Stars. The group has been singing for more than sixty years, recording for more than fifty of them, and shows [...]
Geneatha Wright Just As I Am Godfather Records (2013) www.godfathergospel.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Geneatha Wright of South Florida offers Just As I Am. Her style falls within the Florida multicultural P&W sound made popular by the likes of William McDowell, Javen, Madelyn Berry, and sisters [...]
The National and Independent Gospel Music Association (NIGMA) is now accepting applications for the DeWayne Wallace Memorial Scholarship. The awards will be presented at the 2014 NIGMA Honors Scholarship Gala in Atlanta on March 15, 2014.Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must...- Be completing or have completed high school successfully with a minimum [...]
LecraeChurch Clothes Vol. 2Reach Records (2013)www.reachrecords.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogLecrae spits the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth on Church Clothes Vol. 2. Hosted by Don Cannon, the follow-up to last year’s Church Clothes finds Lecrae and a crew of featured artists unveiling the [...]
Higher AuthorityI’m His Favorite EPreasonwhywesing@gmail.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogFrom San Diego, the female gospel group Higher Authority—Charity, Khristi, Vennetta, and Zimika—has been singing together for more than a decade. The follow up to their 2008 Definition of a Remix is a self-produced EP, I’m His Favorite.When not [...]
Congratulations to Bob Darden of Baylor University for helping make this happen. TBGB is pleased to have part of its own gospel record collection be among the digitized music headed to the Smithsonian!Gospel Music Headed To The Smithsonian Institution In Washington D.C. | Praise 1300
It seems as if the Christmas season carries more than its share of men and women from work to reward.I am saddened to report three more passings recently brought to my attention by John Glassburner, Sis. Ducky, and Peggy Chiapetta, respectively:-- James Johnson of the Ramada Singers (September 16, 2013)-- [...]
Ruth La’Ontra So Good Tyscot Records (2013) www.tyscot.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Ruth La’Ontra (Jones), whose debut solo album, So Good, was released on Tyscot last month, comes from solid musical stock. The twenty-one-year-old singer’s father and manager, Bishop Arvetra Jones Jr., is a popular gospel [...]
In the Chicago Sun-Times, Dave Hoekstra writes about an unfortunately vanishing breed: the mom and pop gospel music store. Read the article here: New Sound Gospel.
Various ArtistsThe Best of Federal GospelAvailable at www.crystalballrecords.com(US) or www.bim-bam.com (UK)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogNestled in Cincinnati, Ohio, which abuts the border between the North and South, Syd Nathan’s King Records was positioned perfectly to capture the diverse musical palette of post-war America.That included gospel music, as Galen [...]
