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By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.VaShawn Mitchell, one of gospel’s "triple threats," is gearing up for the August 28 release of his fourth album, Created 4 This.  The singer, songwriter, and producer is so excited about the new project that his infectious enthusiasm leaped out of the telephone during his [...]

Gerald Scott & Co.IncredibleHabakkuk Music (2012)www.habakkukmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Jawn Murray calls Gerald Scott & Co.’s music “edgy Sunday morning.” Nowhere is that statement truer than on “God is Good,” a track from the group’s new CD, Incredible.  Scott’s duet with the melismatic Claude Deuce opens as an easy to [...]

If you haven't caught an episode of "The Music Box" with Tanya Dallas-Lewis on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. EST, you are missing a real treat.Tanya is a gospel artist and a genuine radio personality whose spirit and joy leap out of the speakers.  Her guests include today's top gospel artists [...]

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) [...]