Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
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 Belcher
“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 Askew – Breakthrough
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 [...]
TBGB Pick of the Week: February 27, 2012
“Go Get It”Mary MaryMy Block/Columbia Records (2012)www.mary-mary.comAmong the stars melding today’s beat with sacred and inspirational lyrics, Erica and Tina Campbell, better known as Mary Mary, hammer out another single, “Go Get It.” The title track of their new CD (due out in May), “Go Get It,” finds the duo [...]
Lisa Knowles & the Brown Singers: Experience the Evolution – Live
Lisa Knowles & the Brown Singers of Memphis, Tennessee Experience the Evolution - Live (2008)http://www.cdbaby.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On their live CD, Alescia “Lisa” Knowles & the Brown Singers of Memphis, Tennessee put joie de vivre in gospel music performance.The ladies don’t employ melodrama, complex jazz chords or meditative moments. Experience [...]
“Get Up” – Batayah
“Get Up”BatayahFrom the album Simply Batayahhttp://www.batayah.com/Fueled by an insistent guitar/bass riff that sounds plucked from Chic’s “Le Freak” but cloaked overall in atmospheric neo-soul with a touch of house, “Get Up” implores the listener not to worry because God can do anything….so “serve Him today.” The lovely Batayah’s latest single [...]
For Isaac Simpson, Life and Music are a Process
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Life can change in an instant.Ask gospel singer-songwriter-group leader Isaac Simpson.In the summer of 2006, Simpson was driving his vehicle in his home state of Ohio when he heard gunfire. One bullet entered the rear window of his car and struck him in the [...]
“Rise” – The Sounds of Blackness
“Rise”The Sounds of BlacknessFrom the Malaco Records CD The Sounds of Blacknesshttp://www.malaco.com/NAACP Image Award-winners The Sounds of Blackness follow their optimistic anthem “Fly Again” with “Rise,” another optimistic selection, and the second single, from their eponymously-titled CD.Like Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” “Rise” opens with a swirl of funk/soul and [...]
“So Happy” – JacQui S
“So Happy”JacQui S feat. DJ Shotgun and Tom G.Faze 2 Productions (2012)www.cdbaby.com/cd/jacquisAdd one more to the growing stack of inspirational songs focusing on love and relationships."So Happy” is JacQui S’s shoulder-shaking shout out to those who understand that happiness is Job One in a relationship…and have their own inner peace [...]
