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“Serve the Lord”Leanne Faine & FavorFrom the CD Serve the LordPowerhouse Chicago gospel singer Leanne (“The Conqueror”) Faine cut her musical teeth singing under the direction of Dr. Mattie Moss Clark and Rev. Milton Brunson, so it’s no surprise she can tear up a church with the ferocity of a [...]

Marvin SappHere I AmVerity Records 2010 (CD and DVD release date: March 16, 2010)www.verityrecords.comIt is unfair to do what we reviewers are wont to do: compare Marvin Sapp’s newest CD, Here I Am, to his multi-Stellar Award-winning Thirsty and its mega-hit, “Never Would Have Made It.”Following Thirsty with an album [...]

“I Love You”Michelle BonillaFrom the RockSoul Productions CD In Spite of Me (release date: April 13, 2010)www.myspace.com/michellebonillamusicAfter a four-year music hiatus, which included graduating cum laude from Temple University, Michelle Bonilla has released a hot new single. “I Love You” pulls no punches in delivering heavenly devotion. The song is [...]

Special Guests Include:The Barrett Sisters and Tina BrownAngela Hunt - Spokane, WAKathy Taylor - Houston, TXTrue Gospel Choir - Chicago, IL Verlene Moore - Chicago, ILRev. Reginald Finley - Omaha, NEHerbert Maddox - Charlotte, NCRev. Ray Berryhill & Choir - Evangel World Outreach CenterRev. David Foreman & Company - Hartford, [...]

Myron Butler & LeviRevealed…Live in Dallas (release date: March 30, 2010)EMI Gospel 2010www.emigospel.comMyron Butler is a singer, songwriter, and musician. Together with his vocal group Levi, he produces energy-packed urban praise and worship. Revealed…Live in Dallas is Myron Butler and Levi’s latest CD, recorded in Butler's hometown. Lyrically, the album [...]

From a Press Release:REGISTRATION OPEN NOW FOR VERIZON WIRELESS’ HOW SWEET THE SOUND TO FIND “THE BEST CHURCH CHOIR IN AMERICA” FOR 2010Three New Communities for 14-City Choir CompetitionBASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Registration is now open for How Sweet the Sound™, which is back in 2010 and bigger than ever [...]

Yvonne Cobbs-BeyWorship With MeBeydaz’l Records 2009www.yvonnecobbsbey.comHailing from the musically fertile Bay Area, Yvonne Cobbs-Bey is a gospel artist, songwriter, actor and also serves as choir director and youth department supervisor for Oakland’s Harmony Missionary Baptist Church, where Rev. A.L. Cobbs, Sr. is Pastor. Not long ago, she graced the stage [...]

Sarah Alfred of G&A Productions informed TBGB that Major Roberson, longtime member of the Pilgrim Jubilees, passed away. Mr. Roberson had been suffering from a prolonged illness.D.A. Johnson of Malaco Records contributes the following:Major Roberson was born to this world on June 11, 1925 in Gunnison, MS and went home [...]

“I Still Remember”Pastor C.L. Fairchild & the Voices of Greater Faith(feat. Pastor DeAndre Patterson)GFH Records 2009One can argue whether regional differences in music still exist, especially in gospel, given that an artist anywhere can reach millions via YouTube. I suggest that, to some extent, regional differences in gospel do exist. [...]

"He Wants It All"Forever JonesFrom the EMI Gospel CD Get Ready (release date: June, 2010)www.emigospel.comThe first single from Forever Jones' forthcoming debut project, Get Ready, "He Wants It All" is an uplifting, melodic ballad that contains echoes of contemporary Celtic music in its atmospheric piano and bodhran-like rhythm, like the [...]