Bryan Popin You Can Make It eOne Worship (release date: October 22, 2013) www.eonemusic.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog You Can Make It is a superb national debut for Bryan Popin, a New Jersey native and music prodigy. His resume includes work with African American and Southern [...]
Earnest Pugh sophie rain spiderman video tutorialThe W.I.N. (Worship In Nassau) ExperienceP-Mann Music (release date: September 17, 2013)www.earnestpugh.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogRecorded live in Nassau’s Grand Hotel as part of the Radio One "One Love Getaway to the Bahamas" this past May, The W.I.N. Experience commemorates gospel [...]
(Nashville, TN - September 23, 2013) - Motown Gospel receives two Soul Train nominations for Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance for recording artists Tasha Cobbs and Tye Tribbett. Cobbs is nominated for her #1 hit anthem, "Break Every Chain" from her Top 5 Billboard album, Grace. Tribbett is nominated for his hit single, "If He Did [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhere else but at Pastor Maceo Woods' Gospel Supreme can you hear the Christian Tabernacle Concert Choir, the First Church of Deliverance Radio and Television Choir, the Wooten Choral Ensemble, Minister Tim White, the Carson Sisters, Pastor DeAndre Patterson, and on and on....and then [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog While in Chicago as part of a multi-city tour to promote their film, I’m In Love with a Church Girl, filmmaker Galley Molina and Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Israel Houghton talked with TBGB about, among other things, the use of gospel music [...]
Ashmont HillThe MazeAxiom Recordshttp://www.facebook.com/AshmontHillMusicBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Straight out of Boston’s Jubilee Christian Church, the family ensemble known as Ashmont Hill describes itself as a “diverse group that knows no musical boundaries.” This mission is certainly made manifest on the group’s third album, The Maze, released on [...]
Those of us who have worked with Tyrone Porter know what a good guy he is. He was severely injured on his job and there's a benefit program being thrown in his honor (see below). If you can attend or can help in any way, we all know Tyrone will [...]
The Westbrook SingersThe Promise (2013)Available from www.westbrooksingers.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe Promise is another outstanding contribution by East Moline, Illinois’s Westbrook Singers. The mixed gospel group, whose 2008 Live was equally impressive, blends traditional and contemporary gospel with a dash of classic church to offer what sounds like [...]
Hans Christian and the Gospel FellowshipBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogOnce upon a time, a choir director was told by church folk that gospel music didn’t belong in church. No, we’re not talking about Thomas A. Dorsey in the 1930s. We're talking about Hans Christian Jochimsen, director of [...]
“Perfect People”The Walls GroupFo Yo Soul Entertainment (2013)www.thewallsgroup.orgThe song is not for you, sing the Walls Group, if “every day you wake up, the skies are blue” or think you don’t need anyone’s help in your life. On the other hand, if you have gone through (or are currently going [...]
