“The Blood”Rev. Stef & JubilationFrom the CD Just Like Sunday Mornin’http://www.jubilationinc.com/Rev. Stefanie Minatee & Jubilation promise to take us to church, and they do on “The Blood,” the first single from their brand new CD, Just Like Sunday Mornin’.It’s not Andrae Crouch’s composition but the congregational song, “I Know it [...]
HEIRessOnce Upon an Heiress Christmas (2010)www.facebook.com/HeiressWorldBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Heard of HEIRess?Whether you have or haven’t, this Washington, DC trio’s Christmas EP is a brief but blessed listening experience.HEIRess is Kiyanna (Kiki) Rivers, Kalilia (Lili) Wilson, Mumen (Mookie) Ngenge. The ladies look marvelous, sound marvelous…heck, even their [...]
“Inspired”F1 DiamondFrom the album LIFEMUSICSingle available on iTunesThings must be going well for F1 Diamond. On “Inspired,” the first single from his new album, LIFEMUSIC, the Christian rapper from Memphis is motivated and inspired by a list of things: by life, by God, by being free through God’s grace, by the [...]
Linda AgostoPorque Me Amas/Because You Love MeNWJ Productions (2011)http://www.lindaagostoonline.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On Porque Me Amas/Because You Love Me, Linda Agosto pours a liberal helping of picante on her praise.Agosto’s all-gospel salsa album finds the New York native singing to punctuating brass and rolling percussion. Even balladic selections [...]
Various ArtistsMusic World Gospel Presents theESSENCE Music Festival, Volume 5: The Gospel CollectionMusic World Gospel 2011http://www.musicworldgospel.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Gospel music has been presented in a festival environment for decades, since at least 1938, when Chicago’s First Church of Deliverance held its first candlelighting service at the Chicago [...]
Rodgers-Awkard & Lyons Funeral Home reports: Regretfully, the death of Charles Miller Lyons on November 22, 2011, in Louisville, KY. Charles was a well-known organist, soloist and choir director in the Chicago area. The churches formerly served include the First Church of Deliverance in Chicago, St. Stephen Church of Louisville, [...]
Sunday Best champ and gospel charter Le'Andria Johnson's holiday CD, Christmas Best, hits stores December 6. Sample it yourself below.Click Here: Christmas BestP.S. It's good to see Le'Andria smiling on the front cover of the album. The serious photo on her debut CD didn't do it for me.
Angie HallBeyond Expectations…Thoughts from an Unspoken MindAngie Hall Music (2011)http://www.angiehallmusic.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Not to be confused with Brooklyn’s Angela Hall (Beautiful God), Angie Hall is a North Carolina-born indie singer-songwriter whose musical style is best described as “inspirational fusion.” Hall’s worship lyrics, set to an amalgam [...]
“Rescue Me”The James’From the Needle Gate Records CD Rescue Mewww.needlegate.comNo, this is not a gospelized version of Fontella Bass’s 1965 soul smash. The title track of the James’ CD is hypnotic and bracing, a praise and worship melody given a marching tempo and all but overshadowed by performance techniques straight [...]
Various ArtistsThis May Be My Last Time Singing:Raw African-American Gospel on 45 RPM 1957-1982Tompkins Square 2011http://www.tompkinssquare.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Imagine yourself diving head first into a crate packed with dusty 45 rpm vinyl records of gospel music.Not the hits of the day – not the Gospel Harmonettes, [...]
