“Great and Mighty”Byron CageFrom the forthcoming Verity Records CD Memoirs of a Worshiper www.verityrecords.com“Great and Mighty” is a bold and dramatic P&W ballad with a simple, conventional melody and lyrics designed for worship teams to learn easily and quickly. Supported by a tightly harmonizing ensemble, the multiple Stellar Award-winning Byron [...]
Songs That Sing You to SilenceHallc333@yahoo.com.auBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Songs That Sing You to Silence may well be the prettiest and most relaxing CD you hear all year.Designed as a meditative means to bring one to an inner place of worship, the album is the product [...]
“You Are”Kierra SheardFrom the Karew Records CD Free (featuring BRL) (2011)www.karewrecords.comSetting aside for the moment the kicking polyrhythmic R&B vibe that has brought her thus far, Dove and Stellar Award-winning Kierra Sheard transforms into a commanding power praiser on her new single, “You Are.” Recorded live in Chicago last year, [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Dr. Feranda Williamson is Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies at Capella University. But she has an even higher calling. She is also President and CEO of the award-winning Chicago Mass Choir. Dr. Williamson (photo, right) spent time with TBGB recently [...]
Chris EppsHere I Am…X-Factor Entertainment (available on iTunes)http://www.chriseppsmusic.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Long Island, New York-born Chris Epps is a tenor balladeer whose vocals and song arrangements will undoubtedly draw comparisons to Seal and Cee Lo Green because of their retro soul vibe. Now living in Jacksonville, Florida, [...]
“Get On Up for Jesus”G.M. Prince DNA Gospel Musicshayneg2314@gmail.comG.M. Prince’s “Get On Up for Jesus” never fails to put a smile on my face because, consciously or not, it evokes the Esquires' funky 1967 soul hit “Get On Up” with its muscle-twitching beat and good time party feel. But who [...]
Le’Andria JohnsonThe Evolution of Le’Andria JohnsonMusic World Gospel (2012)http://www.musicworldgospel.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.“Who knew that I’d be here?/You couldn’t have told me that this time last year.“ So sings Le’Andria Johnson on “Overtaken,” one of the seven songs on her new CD, The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson. [...]
“Yes”Lady Voncile BelcherFrom the LowRush Music CD Kourageous (2011)www.ladyvoncile.comYou may remember Lady Voncile Belcher as the woman who portrayed the “old lady” on the Georgia Mass Choir’s “Look Where He Brought Me From.” Lady Voncile’s “Yes” is not the Shekinah Glory Ministry song of the same name but a funky [...]
Hope AskewBreakthroughWeksa Music (2011)www.hopeaskew.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.A former R&B singer who gave her life to Christ in 2000, Hope Askew of Portsmouth, Virginia is now an urban inspirational singer-songwriter. Last August, she released Breakthrough, her third CD and first for her own label Weksa Music (Askew [...]
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