Maceo Woods Singers, ca. 1952 - Woods is front, centerBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogRev. Maceo L. Woods, founder and pastor of Christian Tabernacle Church in Chicago and gospel recording artist for more than sixty years, will be honored at the 2014 Stellar Awards with the Ambassador Bobby [...]
Pastor Milton R. Hawkins PresentsTemple of Deliverance Women’s Choir - LiveIn the SanctuaryHabakkuk Music (2013)www.habakkukmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWith a chorus of 200+ women and a parade of top female soloists, In the Sanctuary is a veritable injection of high-octane estrogen that engulfs the Temple of Deliverance [...]
Rev. Stef and JubilationA Jubilation Christmas (2013)www.RevStefandJubilation.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogA Jubilation Christmas is the New Jersey-based Jubilation’s first-ever holiday CD. Under the direction of Rev. Dr. Stefanie Minatee, the group offers a collection of mostly familiar carols and Christmas songs sung in the full-voiced gospel choir [...]
Washington, DC: J.J. Hairston & the tenors from Youthful Praise will back Miss Piggy on a classic holiday song on the network TV special “Lady Gaga and the Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular” that airs on Thanksgiving evening, November 28, 2013 @ 9:30 p.m. EST on the ABC network.The 90-minute special also features guest appearances from rock [...]
It's YOUR turn to be the reviewer.Click below and listen to award-winning singer Miki Howard's version of "He Looked Beyond My Faults," then post your review in the comments section below."He Looked Beyond My Faults"
“The First Noel”Andrea McClurkin-MelliniCamdon Music (2013)Here's one for your holiday mp3 player:Taking her cue from the jazzy Christmas carols of Nat Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, Andrea McClurkin-Mellini (sister of Donnie) delivers an arrangement of “The First Noel” with a soft jazz combo and brass, though it gets downright soulful by [...]
Black Nativity Fox Searchlight (opens November 27, 2013) PG - 1 hour 32 minutes www.foxsearchlight.com/blacknativity By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog When I heard that Black Nativity was to be made into a motion picture, I wondered how faithful it would be to Langston Hughes’ 1961 musical retelling of the birth [...]
“Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)”Micah StampleyFrom the Motown Gospel CD Love Never Fails (2013)www.motowngospel.com“Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)” may be the quintessential altar call anthem of this generation. Micah Stampley’s version of Chris Rice’s tender, tear-jerking composition is better than the original, due largely to his ample use of pauses, [...]
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Various ArtistsBMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Live 2013BMI/Entertainment One (2013)www.bmi.com/genres/gospelBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhat if some of gospel’s top-selling artists came together to sing the songs of celebrated gospel artists Edwin Hawkins, Lady Tramaine Hawkins, and Kurt Carr in front of an audience?This happened last January at [...]
