“I Found Love (Cindy’s Song)”BeBe WinansFrom the CD Still 2009www.malaco.comIt appears that BeBe and CeCe Winans’ long-awaited comeback CD Still has produced yet another smash single, number three and counting.“I Found Love (Cindy’s Song)” is a smooth BeBe solo with crossover potential to the contemporary R&B charts. “When I found [...]
From Mack Mason:Chicago Celebrates Black Music Month with a Gospel Music Symposium and Youth Gospel Concert! OPENING NIGHT - DISNEY TV MOM SINGS AS GOSPEL DIVA Mack C. Mason's THE GOSPEL TRADE MUSIC SYMPOSIUM 2010 kicks off on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM with an Opening Night Gala [...]
“Holy to the Lamb”Genita PughEternity Records Companyvids.myspace.com/genitapughGospel singer Genita Pugh (“You Made it Possible”) delivers a flawless performance on “Holy to the Lamb,” a simple, traditional piece arranged in a “rocking chair” waltz tempo. The background voices provide a suitably strong foundation for Genita’s straightforward vocals, especially during the dramatic [...]
TolumiDEMy LoveTolumiDE Music 2010www.tolumiDEmusic.comBorn in Canada, raised in Nigeria and now living in Washington, DC, the lovely female vocalist TolumiDE (an elision of her first and last names) has already made an impact overseas and in Canada, where she has won awards and nominations as a soloist and as a [...]
Lil BeezyBelieverSharper Brothers Records 2010www.sharperbrothersusa.com“New Alpha” is a track on Lil Beezy’s album, Believer. It means “new beginnings,” and while Lil Beezy uses the term in its sacred context, it could just as easily describe Atlanta-based Sharper Brothers Records’ foray into holy hip hop.Born Brandon Gooden in College Station, Texas, [...]
Sean C. JohnsonSimply a Vessel Vol. 2: FaithfulSelf-produced 2009www.SeanCJohnson.comOklahoma’s Sean C. Johnson describes his style as “neo soul gospel.” Without a shred of ambiguity, the singer-songwriter's latest project, Simply a Vessel, Vol. 2: Faithful, bears this out. Like the male counterpart of Lauryn Hill (although hopefully without all of the [...]
From Gregory Gay, who received the information from a friend in the Chesapeake Choral Union of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC):On Friday, May 21, 2010, Mrs. Alberta Bradford went home to be with the Lord. A celebration of life for Mrs. Bradford will be held Friday, [...]
Chicago is the birthplace of gospel music and on Friday, June 4, 2010, on the eve of the city's annual Gospel Fest, "Gospel Music According to Chicago" will honor its living legends, and bestow some posthumous awards, during its inaugural Hall of Fame.The event will take place at Christ Universal [...]
Various ArtistsHow Sweet It Was: The Sights and Sounds of Gospel’s Golden AgeShanachie/Spirit Feel 2010www.shanachie.comI didn’t think gospel authority Anthony Heilbut could top his superb compilation from 2005, When Gospel Was Gospel, but he has done so and then some with How Sweet it Was.For one thing, How Sweet It [...]
The 2010 Chicago Gospel Music Festival will be held Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 in Millenium Park, which is at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. Below is the list of currently scheduled artists (subject to change). TBGB recommendations are in boldface.Saturday, June 5thWalgreens Day StageNoon [...]
