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The Dixie Hummingbirds and FriendsGospel Praise Songs – Powered by Quartets (2011)For information, contact Ms. LaDeva Davis: (267) 918-2814By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.The Dixie Hummingbirds have the distinction of being one of the longest-running quartets on the gospel highway.  For 83 years.“The Gentlemen of Song” came together for [...]

Marcel West and Etta Hixon Laryea told TBGB that there will be a musical appreciation for Sister Frances Chandler.The program will be Saturday, July 9 at 5:00 p.m. at Bibleway Temple for Better Living, 2995 Joy Road, Detroit. The late Rev. Charles B. Ransom, founder; Rev. Mother Lubertha Potts, pastor.Sis. [...]

The Chicago Gospel Music Heritage Museum announced that it has received a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Humanities Council to host the first-ever “Chicago’s Living Legends of Gospel Roundtable Series.” Held quarterly beginning in June 2011, Chicago’s Living Legends of Gospel Roundtable Series will be a quarterly cycle of conversations with [...]

Special thanks to Ms. Letitia Scott, Visionary/Publisher of Testimony, for featuring TBGB's Founder and Editor-in-Chief in the magazine's May/June 2011 issue.  The article, "The Gospel Soul Child," is a brief history of how TBGB and the "Gospel Memories" radio program came into existence.Learn more about Testimony Magazine at http://www.testimonyedition.org/.

Trin-i-tee 5:7Angel & Chanelle (Deluxe Edition)Music World Gospel (2011)http://www.musicworldgospel.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.On “New Day” from Trin-i-tee 5:7’s latest CD, released yesterday, Angel Taylor and Chanelle Haynes sing about “starting over, ready to make a change, starting from scratch. Letting nothing stand in my way.”Yes, it is indeed [...]

The Rance Allen GroupThe Live Experience II (DVD)Tyscot Records 2011http://www.tyscot.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Last July, The Live Experience II was recorded on CD and DVD during a celebration, held at Detroit’s massive Greater Grace Temple, of the Rance Allen Group’s forty years in gospel music and ministry. [...]

“Still Here”21:03From the forthcoming Verity Records CD Evolved…from Boys to Men (release date: Sept. 6, 2011)http://www.verityrecords.com/A mature, sensitive and ultimately cathartic contemporary gospel ballad by the popular male group, inspired by member Evin Martin when he lost both parents to disease within an eighteen month period. Martin explains: “This song [...]

By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.It's no surprise that Tim Bowman, Jr. is making his move in the gospel music industry. With music talent swirling around him from birth, it was just a matter of time.A native of Detroit, Bowman hails from a musical and churchgoing family. The [...]

Thanks everyone for participating!  The contest is over -- we have our ten winners!Congratulations to the winners:Fidel Benton (NC)Cleon Brown (PA)Angel Dye (TX)Terrence Haggerty (TX)Joshua Horne (MI)Simone Jennings (NC)Jasmine Mosley (IL)Jasper S. (IL)Freedimage Washington (SC)Bryan Woodson (KS)The Angel & Chanelle Deluxe Edition is not scheduled for release until Tuesday, May 31, [...]

Martha MunizziMake It LoudMartha Munizzi Ministries (2011)http://www.marthamunizzi.com/Is it me or does Martha Munizzi get even better with each successive CD?The Florida worship leader’s latest release, Make It Loud, definitely lives up to its title. The opening selections barrel out of the starting gate as if powered by racing fuel. The [...]