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NU DNAHelp Someone (2012)Mini Tracks Musicwww.nudnamusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Since DNA is the bits and bytes that make up the human form, NU DNA means a new life.New life, or the “new me” versus the “old me,” is precisely the thematic principle behind the group NU DNA [...]

“Greater is Coming”Jekalyn Carr Lunjeal Music Group (2012)www.MyJekalynCarr.netThose who have seen Rejoice & Shout, Don McGlynn’s 2011 documentary on the history of gospel music, will remember the young girl who sings “Amazing Grace” unaccompanied.  She brims with conviction, sandwiched among the adult female singers and impishly-grinning toddlers, her focus is [...]

“Born Again”The Frierson Brothers (2012)http://www.thefriersonbrothers.com/Hailing from Newark, New Jersey, the the Frierson Brothers family quartet has been recording for more than forty years. The quartet’s latest single, “Born Again,” evokes the Williams Brothers in its joyously funky, meaty, distinctly southern bounce. It is the latest entrant in a long list [...]

David Jones, Jordan Phillips, and Donna Riggs informed TBGB today that Bishop James L. Craig of Detroit's famed Craig Brothers passed on this evening. Jones said that Bishop Craig "was singing at a popular church in Detroit. After he sang his solo, he clutched his chest and pitched forward. There [...]

J MossV4…The Other SideVerity Records (available July 31, 2012)www.verityrecords.com By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Like a gospel music version of The Truman Show, we have had front row seats to hear gospel artist J Moss, son of Essie and the late Bill Moss, grow up on record. From the [...]

“Whoa to Wow!”Renee Spearman feat. D.J. RogersJDI Records (2012)www.jdirecords.org“I can’t believe this is happening,” rues Renee Spearman.  “How in the world did I get here?” echoes D.J. Rogers.  Both sing their anguished questions to the heavens, but both have faith that God will take them from “whoa” (bad) to “wow” (good) [...]

Yvonne MarieOut of the Ashes (2012)www.yvonnemariemusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Out of the Ashes is the sophomore offering from independent Christian singer, songwriter, and producer Yvonne Marie.  More than an EP but smaller in content than an album, Out of the Ashes might best be described as a [...]

“Considering All”Michelle Lang & Still Water (2012)www.michellelang-stillwater.comOn their new single, “Considering All,” Michelle Lang & Still Water sing that if they “had ten thousand days, [it] still wouldn’t be enough to say” how amazing God is.   But as the traditional singers used to say, “this record doesn’t allow me much [...]

“I Can Depend on You”J Shep & Standard feat. God’s Writer and Carya HolmesFrom the forthcoming Standard Musik Group CDFaith and the PromiseAt the outset of “I Can Depend on You,” J Shep & Standard declare that one thing is certain no matter what happens in life: “I Can Depend [...]

Various ArtistsWings Over the City of Angels: A Los Angeles Gospel CollectionCity of Angels Music Group (2012)www.pewburner.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Although the UK-based Acrobat Music dissolved some years ago, historian Opal Nations has maintained its exploration of gospel music under his own imprints.  For example, Nations has compiled [...]