“Released”Bill Winston Presents Living Word (feat. Donald Lawrence)From the Source Media CD Released (2012)What happens after prayers are answered?“Released,” featuring Donald Lawrence, answers that question by describing heaven on earth. No disease, no toil, no tears. The slow, dramatic contemporary gospel piece, backed by the full-throated Living Word chorus, could [...]
“Lord, You’re the Landlord”MississippiMass ChoirFrom the Malaco Records CD ...Then Sings My Soulwww.malaco.comLeave it to the Mississippi Mass Choir to develop such a clever and delightfully old-school conceit: Jesus as landlord of a broken world. Fashioned, naturally, as a gospel blues with a weeping guitar intro and strong vocals from Lillian [...]
“Greater Than This”Erin DaneeleAvailable on iTunesLovely Berklee College of Music grad and Boston-born singer-songwriter Erin Daneele made her television debut in 2009 as a semifinalist on Gospel Music Channel’s reality singing competition, Gospel Dream. She also recently appeared on American Idol Season 10 and received the fabled "golden ticket" to Hollywood. [...]
Necie B.Runaway LovePower Move Management (2012)www.powermovemanagement.comBy Bob Marovich for The BlackGospel Blog.Shreveport, Louisiana songstress Necie B. teams with The Good Guys Production Team (Jor’Dan Armstrong, Jeshua “TedyP” Williams and Franchise Tief) on her debut CD, Runaway Love.Love is in the title and love is in the air for Necie B. [...]
“Undefeated”Carl BristerFrom the CD Undefeatedwww.carlbrister.comThe title track of Carl Brister’s third CD, Undefeated, opens with a playfully insistent piano riff and transitions into a wall of melodious Christian power pop as the singer-songwriter praises the Lord for letting him know that “my afflictions are just momentary, compared to glory.” Like [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog."One day you're on top of the mountain and the next moment you're living in some deserted valley." -- Bishop Larry D. TrotterHe is Senior Pastor of Chicago's famed Sweet Holy Spirit Church, a successful record label owner, and a recording artist. But [...]
“The Blood Still Works”Malcolm Williams & Great FaithFrom the Malcolm James Music CD In Your Glory (2009)www.malcolmwilliams.comWith its bright up-tempo hand-clapping rhythm, full-throated choir singing, and Ricky Dillard-esque contrapuntal vocal lines, “The Blood Still Works” by Malcolm Williams & Great Faith couldn’t be more Chicagogospel if it had a 312 [...]
Anita WilsonWorship SoulEMI Gospel (2012)www.emigospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Anita Wilson’s patience was duly rewarded. The unhurried time she and producer Rick Robinson took to write her debut solo CD, Worship Soul, was worth every minute.Recorded live at Chicago’s historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Worship Soul is [...]
“Reach Out and Touch Someone”Rosetta WalkerFrom the Walker Records Productions EP Love (2012)www.rosettawalker.comBeverly Hills-based inspirational singer-songwriter Rosetta Walker joined forces with Doc Holiday and The Power Plant to reprise Diana Ross’s 1970 debut single, “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” As “Reach Out and Touch Someone,” the song is the [...]
The Memphis HarmonizersKeep Running OnE&J Records (2012)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.George Dean could be named an honorary member of the Memphis Harmonizers. The lead singer for the popular Gospel Four produces, writes, sings lead, and even offers background vocals for his fellow Memphians on their new CD, [...]
