Deanna RansomNever Say Never…AgainLizaRan Music/NuVybe Recordswww.deannaransom.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.If becoming a true gospel singer means travelling through the storms of life, Deanna Ransom has earned her stripes by sailing through a Category 5 hurricane of circumstances.In her young life, the New Jersey-born singer has dealt with, [...]
“The Name of Jesus”Vonnie Lopezhttp://vonnielopez.blogspot.com Vonnie Lopez sings the stuffing out of this warm, contemporary worship ballad on the power and sweetness of the name Jesus. During the first half, Lopez savors the name like sweet honey. In the second half, she shouts it with the power of fiery gospel [...]
Michael CorcoranHe Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona DranesTompkins Square (available September 4, 2012)www.tompkinssquare.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.In He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes, Michael Corcoran unearths more details about gospel’s first recording artist than has ever been collected and written [...]
Pamela Johnson Destiny Resurrected www.pamelajohnsononline.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog Psalmist Pamela Johnson of Palmetto, Georgia, calls her album, Destiny Resurrected, the “soundtrack to my miracle of healing, restoration, and peace.” It is an expansive soundtrack, indeed. Songs range from the questioning “The Me I Am” (how can [...]
Darryl HenryExhortation, Praise & EdificationRhema Records (2012)www.DarrylHenry.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Darryl Henry, also known as “Elder D,” does almost everything on his new release, Exhortation, Praise & Edification. The Philadelphia-based artist is the singer, songwriter, arranger, preacher, producer, and even handles much of the instrumentation. The album [...]
The New York Times remembrance of the late Willa Ward of the Ward Singers.Click here: Willa Ward
Special thanks to Gray Megan for taking on this assignment.Gladys Beamon Gregory, 1925-2012
“The Race”Benjamin Cone III & WORSHIPMuscle Shoals Sound Gospel (2010)www.malaco.comFeatured vocalist on the Mississippi Mass Choir’s hit, "God Made Me," Benjamin Cone III leads his own group, WORSHIP, on a loping contemporary choir arrangement called “The Race.” Taking for its lyrics Ecclesiastes 9:11, “The Race” emphasizes the “endureth” part, as in “nobody said the [...]
“It’s Not Over (When God Is In It)”Israel & New BreedFrom the Integrity Media CD Jesus at the Center (released August 14, 2012)www.newbreedmusic.comAssisted by James Fortune and Jason Nelson, Israeland New Breed wrap a simple message of encouragement in ballad form. Recorded live at Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, “It’s Not [...]
TBGB will be reviewing He Is Our Story later this week and interviewing Michael Corcoran for the September 1 "Gospel Memories" radio program. For now, check out the article, with audio samples, courtesy of National Public Radio: Arizona Dranes.
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