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Julien Crue', a radio announcer and journalist in France, alerted TBGB to the sad news below.LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gospel and R&B singer James Phelps, who performed with soul greats including Lou Rawls and Sam Cooke, has died in Los Angeles. He was 78.Elder Lee M. Harris, who co-wrote an [...]

Greetings, readers!The first five individuals to email TBGB at bob@gospelmemories.com with the correct answer to this question will win a copy of Shekinah Glory Ministry’s new CD, Refreshed By Fire, courtesy of Kingdom Records and The Black Gospel Blog.Q: What Shekinah Glory Ministry song title is also the name of [...]

Jai ReedJai ReedTLR Entertainment (2010)www.tlrentertainment.comNear the conclusion of his recently-released sophomore project, the New Orleans native and Stellar-nominated Jai Reed sings “Everything Must Change.” It’s a lyrically imaginative evocation of change as the one constant in life, but a constant to inspire optimism and wonderment, not fear or anxiety. Indeed, [...]

From a press release:Nashville, TN - Signaling the countdown to Gospel music's biggest night of the year, the Stellar Gospel Music Awards returned to Music City with a first-ever special one-hour live telecast of this year's nominations, "The Stellar Awards Nomination Concert and Announcements Hosted by Donnie McClurkin" on Atlanta-based [...]

Kevin LeVar & One SoundLet’s Come Together – Deluxe EditionHabakkuk Music (2010)http://www.habakkukmusic.com/Another deluxe edition is due out tomorrow: Kevin LeVar & One Sound’s Let’s Come Together.  The enhanced version of LeVar’s fine praise and worship project from 2008 includes all the songs from the original CD plus four new songs.  The [...]

“You Hold My World”Israel HoughtonFrom the Columbia CD Love God. Love People. (2010)http://www.israelhoughton.net/The first single from P&W star Israel Houghton’s new Abbey Road-recorded CD, “You Hold My World” is a super-sized praise and worship song about God’s constant care. A one-song sampler of sounds, it fuses a wind-chime world music [...]

Mary AlessiPressing OnMiami Life Sounds (2010)http://www.maryalessi.com/Having experienced the flowing, atmospheric praise and worship style of her twin sister, Martha Munizzi, I was totally unprepared for, but pleasantly surprised by, the opening moments of Mary Alessi’s fourth release, Pressing On.On the first few tracks of her fourth album, released last month, Mary [...]

TBGB learned from Veronica Williams this morning that Bishop Arthur M. Brazier, Pastor Emeritus of the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, has passed away Friday, October 22 at the age of 89.A note from Dr. Byron T. Brazier on the Apostolic Church of God website outlines the homegoing services:Dear Congregation:The [...]

“Share Your Light With Me”AngelaAvailable on iTunesWhat I like about this single, written by Seth Tuffour and sung by female vocalist Angela, is that it features something akin to the Phil Spector Wall of Sound experience.The opening strains of singsong piano and percussion give way to a dense cloud of instrumentation and choral [...]

“He Cares”Unique Sounds of Praise(private release, 2009)www.showcaseyourmusic.com/usopIn the 1970s, Henry Branson, Dennis Taylor and Darrold Smith formed a vocal group called Black Sunrise. Smith shares, “We thought we were the next Delphonics or Temptations…well, you know, we had a dream, but life had something different for us.”Henry, Dennis, Darrold are [...]