Go, Tracy, Go!From a press release:Black Entertainment Television (BET) is celebrating Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM EST when the Sunday morning staple “Video Gospel” premieres new videos that every mother will love.A very poignant moment will be when the show broadcasts the premiere of Tracy Worth’s [...]
Victory Cathedral ChoirSmokie Norful Presents Victory Cathedral ChoirEMI Gospel (2010)www.emigospel.comAlthough the Victory Cathedral Choir, from Pastor Smokie Norful’s Victory Cathedral Worship Center in west suburban Chicago, is comprised of the church rank-and-file, it certainly sounds as professional as they come. The members represent a range of ages, but together, the [...]
"It's All God"Soul Seekers feat. Pastor Marvin WinansFrom the My Block Records CD SS2 (2010)www.facebook.com/thesoulseekersmusicThe eight-member Soul Seekers quartet blends lovely harmonies with a message and old-school singing from Pastor Marvin Winans on the live "It's All God." The collective suggests on this lulling ballad that when "just anybody" has [...]
Laymetha Cornerstone(private press) 2009www.laydsingproductions.comLaymetha Reed-Guy of Chester, Virginia pursued a pop career, writing and performing her own songs. She won a major competition and even had a Capitol Records contract in hand nearly twenty years ago, but nothing ever happened. She turned to singing gospel almost immediately, and hasn’t looked [...]
From a press release:ATLANTA, GA -- rolling out Urban Style Weekly, a Steed Media Group property and the only African American owned national chain of weekly newspapers, is proud to announce the integration of a Design and Dialogue Producers and Songwriters Series to complement Verizon Wireless' How Sweet the Sound [...]
Gail FlyWho Will Worship?Raising the Standard Music, LLC 2007www.RTSMusicLLC.comNew Orleans singer-songwriter Gail Fly may have received the 2009 Rhythm of Gospel Award for Best Traditional Female Vocalist, but on her CD Who Will Worship?, she also demonstrates a proficiency in singing contemporary gospel, P&W, and even dips her feet into [...]
Jill Joseph Johnson, Founder and Editor In Chief of Inside Black Hollywood Magazine, talked with sisters Tina and Erica Campbell -- aka Mary Mary -- about their new book, Be U, which is available at online and retail booksellers nationwide.Read the interview here: Inside Black Hollywood: Mary Mary
Lucinda MooreBlessed, Broken & GivenTyscot Records 2010www.tyscot.comTo the listener, Lucinda Moore’s Blessed, Broken & Given is a praise and worship experience. For Moore, however, her sophomore release seems to be a personal catharsis.A survivor of childhood abuse, depression and a dissolved marriage, Moore puts it all out there on this [...]
“Mary Don’t You Weep”Elliott Chavers feat. Lisa SinkfordFrom the Hi Desert Records CD Elliott Chavers Plays and Sings Electrifying Gospelwww.cdbaby.com/cd/chavers3Originally recorded in 1997 and released two years later, “Mary Don’t You Weep” is a two-part, nearly thirteen-minute slow jam session based on the Caravans’ classic version of the quartet standard. [...]
The Rev. Derrick E. Roberts, newly elected chairman of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC), aka the "Dorsey Convention," is only the third person to hold the top position in the organization's 77-year history. He succeeds founder Thomas A. Dorsey and current chairman Bishop Kenneth Moales. Read [...]
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