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Mighty Sincere VoicesSing, Sing in GloryOverBoard Records 2009overboardrecords@yahoo.comThe Mighty Sincere Voices, last featured on TBGB in July 2009, possess that soulful, languorous style of quartet singing that is as distinctly southern as the bluebonnet.On their full-length project, Sing, Sing in Glory, the quartet from Navasota, Texas, made up mostly of [...]

Teri Tobin“Everyday”www.teritobin.bizArizona-born classically trained vocalist and former beauty pageant winner Teri Tobin delivers a luscious and atmospheric inspirational soul track. Her appealing and reassuring voice makes the patience needed to keep the faith worth bearing.

“Never Give Up”Soul TempoFrom the CD Doing Our Father’s Businesshttp://www.soultemposingers.com/Inspired by the smooth sounds of the Temptations and the Whispers, the sweet-singing contemporary group Soul Tempo was formed twenty-five years ago in New Haven, Connecticut. Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons named the group and signed them to his Rev. Run label. [...]

by Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.Rev. Stefanie Minatee remembers being six years old and sitting in the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey during a live recording session featuring the church choir. Her mother, Pearl Minatee, was a member of the choir and brought Stefanie along for the [...]

Carlton FellowsJust Givin’ PraiseTotal Praise Music 2006(216) 253-5250You may know Carlton Fellows from his songwriting (GMWA Women of Worship, e.g.), from his leadership as a choir director, as a singer, or from all three categories. No matter how you know him, you will agree that the Cleveland, Ohio artist has [...]

“Only One I Need”Jay WhiteFrom the CD Larger Than LifeIntercession Music 2010http://www.jaylwhite.com/Jay White and his background vocalists play it cool and jazzy on this melodic and contemporary gospel testimony to God, the “one and only.”  From Long Island, the multi-talented White goes into falsetto voice and pretty much stays there to [...]

Steven Harris52+ Mistakes People Made Before They Got…Bro. Steve Press 2010156 pp., IllustrationsIf you don’t know who Steven Harris is, you haven’t been that involved in gospel music lately, have you?Harris, known in the industry as “Bro. Steve,” is a Los Angeles-based radio host, producer, consultant, president of the Southern California chapter [...]

Erica ReedThe Time is NowEDP Productions 2009http://www.ericareed.org/Erica Reed is a fine singer who comes from a family of church leaders.  She possesses a sassy pop style that gives the collection of praise and prayer songs on her CD, The Time is Now, finger-popping attitude. Eschewing background vocalists, Reed simply multi-tracked [...]

Zadella "Mama" Curtis reported this evening that Robert "Sugar" Hightower passed away.As Michael Jackson was to the Jackson Five, "Sugar" Hightower was to the Hightower Brothers (below).  He led the group's early recordings for Nashboro Records with a pre-pubescent alto that he coupled with a diminutive quartet growl.  Hightower went on to play guitar for [...]