Joshua RogersUnconditionalMusic World Gospel (release date: October 29, 2013)www.musicworldgospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound / That saved a wretch like me.”The emotion behind John Newton’s unforgettable lyric informs the title, and title track, of Joshua Rogers’ debut CD, Unconditional,released today on Mathew Knowles’ [...]
The Grammy Award-winning choir, Rev. Stef and Jubilation, is poised to lift hearts and put listeners into the holiday spirit with its latest effort, A Jubilation Christmas. The album will debut on Tuesday, Oct. 29, with a pre-release party held at the Panasonic Corporation in Newark. The album will also be available [...]
“God Gave Me Favor”Twinkie ClarkFrom the Larry Clark Gospel CD Live and Unpluggedhttps://www.facebook.com/twinkieclarkgospel“God Gave Me Favor” gives iconic keyboardist, songwriter, and gospel singer Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark a chance to not only sing praises to the Most High for grace and favor, but on the extended version, she identifies an important [...]
Induction ceremony, performances planned for West Virginia Music Hall of Fame
“God Is”The Love and Faith Christian Fellowship Mass ChoirEPM Music GroupNorth Carolina has produced many powerful gospel choirs, most notably the Red Budd Gospel Choir and the North Carolina Community Choir. Another is the Mass Choir of the Love and Faith Christian Fellowship in Greensboro, where Rev. Michael Thomas is Pastor.The [...]
ProdigyNever Let GoLeftfield Music Group/DMDMG (2013)https://www.facebook.com/ProdigyOfColumbusGaBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogHailing from Columbus, Georgia, Prodigy blends contemporary harmonies with traditional lead vocals, though their one-title name suggests they prefer association with the contemporary quartet movement. As such, they are akin to groups such as Houston’s Endurance and the [...]
“My Hands are Lifted Up”Benjamin Cone III & Worship From the Muscle Shoals Sound Gospel LPWhen Praise Meets Worshipwww.malaco.comOver a conventional, hypnotic melody that traverses familiar P&W territory, Jamel Strong starts a call and response with the choir. Together, they supplicate for “a blessing with my name on it.” Katrina [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogListen to TBGB's interview with Chanel on life after Trin-i-tee 5:7 -- as a gospel solo artist, record label owner, and spouse.
DC loses a beloved radio personality. From Examiner.com correspondent Sarah Hearn.http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Sheila-Stewart-Radio-One-Personality-Killed-in-Car-Accident-229100381.html
By TBGB Correspondent Michael P. Coleman:Five time Grammy winner Larnelle Harris almost singlehandedly broke the color barrier with contemporary Christian radio stations in the 1980s, long before artists like BeBe & CeCe Winans, Take 6, and others found acceptance there. What was to have been a brief chat about his new [...]
