“I Want the World to Know”Desiree Coleman JacksonFrom the CD My Voice is My Weaponwww.desireecolemanjackson.comA jumping polyrhythmic backbeat fuels “I Want the World to Know,” an infectious mid-tempo praise song by Desiree Coleman Jackson that will make shoulders shake and hands clap.Just how good is God to “Dez” Coleman? “You make a [...]
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.XBN is one of the latest gospel Internet radio stations to enter a growing market.TBGB recently spoke via telephone with Pastor Frank Henderson, CEO of XBN Network. Henderson, a gospel artist and minister, is originally from Rocky Mount, NC. His wife, Shawanda, is from Oxford, [...]
Darrell Jay Jones of OverBoard Records reminds everyone to sign up for the inaugural Quartet Meet and Greet Showcase and Conference in Houston, Texas: June 1 & 2, 2012. More information is available by emailing quartetmag@gmail.com.
The Black Gospel Blog is honored and excited to be mentioned in the Gospel Music Industry Round-Up 2011 as among the top gospel bloggers. The Gospel Music Industry Round-Up, compiled annually by Lisa Collins and Eye On Gospel Publications, is known as the "bible of the gospel music industry." From radio [...]
“Surrender” Carla Martin 5:11 Music Group (2011) http://www.amartinproduction.com/ With a rocking beat that speeds along like a brakeless freight train, “Surrender” riffs on the irony that in the midst of trials, it is in surrendering that life begins. Don’t give up, she sings, give in. First place winner at the 2002 [...]
Thanks to Joe James of the Voices of Clouds and quartet promoter Mama Curtis and for information on the passing of Alfred "Gino" Smith, longtime member of the Gospel Keynotes.Smith died in Rochester, NY on April 2, 2011.Joe pointed us to the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester for information on the homegoing [...]
Mark WilliamsEverythingATAP Music Group (in stores June 2011)http://www.drmarkawilliams.com/As a board-certified Otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat physician), Dr. Mark Williams knows a thing or two about the voice.Including how to sing with it.Turns out the founder of the Voice Care Center of Nashville is also an artist and a good one. [...]
“I Need You Lord”Pam GreenFrom the CD In His Presence (2011)http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pam-Green-In-His-Presence/108086825893(Available as a download on iTunes and other digital media outlets)“I Need You Lord” is a well-produced and passionately delivered call for healing from St. Louis’s Pam Green and a bevy of background vocalists. Towards the end of the contemporary [...]
TBGB was saddened to hear of two losses impacting the quartet community:Alfred “Gino” Smith of the Gospel Keynotes passed away in Rochester, NY.Claude Ligon, the brother of Joe Ligon (Mighty Clouds of Joy) also passed away and will be funeralized in Los Angeles this Saturday.Please keep the Smith and Ligon [...]
Twinkie ClarkWith HumilityLarry Clark Gospel (in stores April 5, 2011)www.larryclarkgospel.com/twinkieFollowing a few years’ recording hiatus, Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark of the Clark Sisters today released a solo project, With Humility. "This project actually started out as me producing a couple of instrumentals for my aunt Twinkie to use as accompaniment for concerts [...]
