“I Love to Praise Him”Mississippi Mass ChoirFrom the Malaco CD …Then Sings My Soul (2011)www.malaco.comYou have to love the gritty authenticity of Mosie “Mama” Burks (pictured left) as she leads the Mississippi Mass Choir on “I Love to Praise Him,” a neo-traditional congregational sing and clap along. Burks channels the [...]
Trish Standley Redemption (private press) www.jansjoy.net By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Redemption presents the listener with an unspoken assignment: which side of gospel singer-songwriter Trish Standley do you like best? Is it the bright, chirpy and optimistic R&B side, exemplified on the hard-charging opening track, “Cheer Up,” [...]
Shirley Murdock Live: The Journey Tyscot Records (available October 18, 2011) http://www.tyscot.com/ By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. Shirley Murdock invigorates her first live recording, Live: The Journey, with the atmosphere of an old fashioned revival. Live: The Journey finds Murdock sassily interjecting Shirley Caesar-style evangelism and mother wit [...]
“Living the Life”Prestigious 1T1MG: The One Music Group (2011)http://www.prestigious1.org/North Carolina-Based Prestigious 1 is Min. Quincy W. King, Sr.; Will R. “Big Will” Jones II.; and Maurice Robinson. The three men sing with a contemporary flavor, like Commissioned meets Men of Standard.Their “Living the Life” is a friendly and positive testimony, [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.A week from today, gospel artist Micah Stampley will release his new album, One Voice, on Matthew Knowles’ Music World Gospel imprint. Recorded in four days, the album explores a variety of musical realms. Micah told TBGB that his audience may not be as [...]
“Declaration of Praise”Angela HearnsFrom the CD Arise (2011)www.angelahearns.comSampling a preacher to an electric beat: I often thought that would sound cool. Then Paul Simon did it, and now Angela Hearns. And it does sound cool.Hearns’ “Declaration of Praise” opens with a minister intoning the opening lines of Psalm 34 (“I [...]
PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2011) – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), the pioneering gospel musician, will be honored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the dedication of an Historical Marker at her former North Philadelphia home (1102 Master Street) on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 1:00PM. In addition, on this [...]
Wintley PhippsMy Greatest RomanceCoral Records (2011)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.For Trinidad and Tobago native Wintley Phipps, his greatest romance is with his God.That statement sets the mood for his latest album, My Greatest Romance, which consists of love songs to God, or as he infers on the [...]
