One 4 ChristIn True Worship (2013)One 4 Christ and DA’Vine Destiny Entertainmentwww.one4christ.netBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogOne 4 Christ is a full-throated Chicago-based choir of nearly fifty voices. Founded by Sharon R. Bouie and under the musical direction of Derral J. AndersonJr., the ensemble toggles between worship team [...]
“Captured By You”Revival TrainFrom the Tate Music Group CD Living for a Causewww.revivaltrain.tmgartist.comTBGB goes international once again this week. The Pick of the Week comes from a family group called Revival Train from Lagos, Nigeria.The group consists of the family matriarch, Veronica Alkali, and her children: Sunny, Ralph, Susan, and Michael. Singing [...]
Henrietta TelfairI’m YoursT Records (2013)www.HenriettaTelfair.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogInside the unassuming jewel case of Henrietta Telfair’s I’m Yours is the work of a talented vocalist who can soothe like the Balm of Gilead in one moment and roust folk from their reverie in the next.Jacksonville, Florida’s Telfair [...]
Lisa Page BrooksReadyHabakkuk Music (2013)www.habakkukmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogBelieve the promotion and cyber chatter: Ready is one of gospel songstress Lisa Page Brooks’s best albums to date. The project’s dozen radio-size songs overflow with optimism, whether bouncy and bright or serious and hymnic.An alumna of the female [...]
“Breaking Free”Vannessa ForbesBNL Music Group (2013)https://soundcloud.com/vforbesmusic“Breaking Free” is a breezy R&B-infused testament to the power of change.Vannessa Forbes, a 20-year-old gospel singer from Jamaica (not all music from Jamaica is reggae!), tells the listener in a breathy, attractive voice how she gazed in the mirror and did not like what [...]
“1 On 1”Zacardi CortezFrom the forthcoming CD Kerry Douglas Presents Gospel Mix Vol. VI(available August 20, 2013)www.zacardicortez.comThose who know Zacardi Cortez only from his intense vocalizing on James Fortune & FIYA’s “The Blood” will be surprised to hear his rich, balladeer side. Like “Every Promise,” Cortez’s duet with Lalah Hathaway, [...]
Zadella "Mama" Curtis informed The Black Gospel Blog today that Bobby Hurd of Atlanta, award-winning gospel producer, radio and television host, and co-chair of the Quartet Division of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, passed away today at 12:45 p.m.More information will be forthcoming as we receive it. Meanwhile, we [...]
Shekinah Glory MinistrySurrender (DVD)Kingdom Recordswww.kingdomrecordsinc.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogIn director Joel Kapity’s hands, the DVD companion to Shekinah Glory Ministry’s 2012 CD release, Surrender, is not the standard gospel video: it’s a motion picture. Going beyond the typical treatment, Kapity turns the colorful nuances of the Shekinah Glory [...]
“Irreplaceable”Darlene McCoyFrom the forthcoming CD Darlene McCoy Presents Random Foolishness (A Hilarious Parody Album)(Album available August 6, 2013)Working as her alter ego, Peace Ann Love (pron. Pee-at-chay Ann Low-vey), singer and radio host Darlene McCoy is gospel music’s Weird Al Yankovic with her parodies of gospel and R&B hits.In the [...]
Dr. E. LaQuint Weaver II & the Hallelujah SingersThankfulBurnin’ Fiyah Records (2013)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogDr. E. LaQuint Weaver II and the Hallelujah Singers define their sound as “jazzy traditional gospel with a modern day twist.” That sums up their latest release, Thankful, with a capital T.The [...]
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