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Vanessa Bell ArmstrongThe ExperienceEMI Gospel 2009www.emigospel.comSouthwest Michigan Mass Choir alumna and Stellar Award winner Vanessa Bell Armstrong is one of the most powerful gospel singers in the church today. Her flawless delivery and pacing have as much to do with her God-given talent as with the tutelage she received under [...]

The Anointed Pace SistersAccess GrantedTyscot Records 2009www.tyscot.comTake the cherubic close harmonies of the Famous Ward Singers in their prime, add the muscular evangelistic hard-singing of the Famous Davis Sisters, throw in the contemporary flair of the Clark Sisters and voila! You have the Anointed Pace Sisters.The Anointed Pace Sisters’ newest [...]

“Won’t It Be Wonderful”James Hall presents Voices of CitadelMusicblend Records 2009www.myspace.com/voicesofcitadelFrom Brooklyn’s Citadel of Praise & Worship, where Dr. Kevin Bond is Pastor, Professor James Hall’s Voices of Citadel give the 1963 hit by the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers an extreme choir makeover.While the Jubes’ assessment of the afterlife had macho, [...]

Paul T.The Grace of GodIndependent Releasewww.paultmusic.netSinger-songwriter Paul Tawonezvi, aka Paul T., has released several albums in his native Zimbabwe during the past seventeen years, with two CDs in particular making significant noise on the charts there. Now residing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Paul enters the U.S. market with his latest project, [...]

By Bob Marovich, The Black Gospel BlogMelba Moore is known internationally for her chart-topping hits of the 1970s and 1980s, and for her work on stage and screen: the big screen (The Fighting Temptations) and the little screen (her own television variety show).But Melba Moore the gospel singer?Sure enough! And [...]

“Just Can’t Tell It All”James Jackson & Atlanta PraiseFrom the International Sound Music Entertainment CD Thank You (2009)www.myspace.com/atlantapraiseDerrick Stevenson and Puretonez Productions are the wind behind the sails of gospel singer (Derrick’s wife) Monica Lisa Stevenson. The Puretonez team also produced this gem from James Jackson and Atlanta Praise.“Just Can’t [...]

From a press release:October 12, 2009 - Chicago native Aaron Sledge, called the "Hottest Urban Inspirational Artist," will release his self-titled album, Aaron Sledge, on October 20, 2009.This will be Sledge's second release, but first on an international record label. Aaron Sledge signed with EMI Gospel in early 2009.The first [...]

Joseph JoubertTotal Praise: Classic Hymns for PianoGIA Publications 2009www.giamusic.comA rumbling of Rachmaninoff in Richard Smallwood? A sampling of Satie in Andrae Crouch? I’ll bet you have never heard gospel songs and hymns played this way before.I certainly hadn’t until I heard prodigious arranger-orchestrator-director-pianist Joseph Joubert. On Total Praise: Classic Hymns [...]

What I loved most about this brief description of a late '60s privately-pressed recording, made available once again by Big Legal Mess Records, is its assertion that vinyl is "the Lord's preferred format for recorded music."Check out the article at www.arthurmag.com: Famous L. Renfroe.

Tifani WilsonIn LoveIndependent label 2009www.tifaniwilson.comWhen couples would ask Tifani Wilson to sing for their weddings, the singer-songwriter had difficulty finding love songs that truly fit their individual stories and personalities. So Tifani wrote some herself. The songs are available on her debut solo project, In Love: Songs of Love, Romance [...]