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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 [...]

"Optimistic"Melba Moore and Phil PerryFrom the Shanachie CD The Gift of Love 2009www.shanachie.com“Optimistic” is the first single from, and also the first of several inspirational tracks on, Melba Moore and Phil Perry’s CD The Gift of Love. It’s a smooth but lively jazz track – easy as Sunday morning – [...]

Danny Brooks & the Rockin’ RevelatorsLive at the Palais Royale – Soulsville IIIHIS House Records 2009www.dannybrooksmusic.com“When the trouble of the day gets in your way, hold on to yesterday” is a line from Danny Brooks’ “Hold On.” It could be his motto.Brooks, the blue-eyed soulster from Canada, is back with [...]

...for making it onto the 2009-2010 Stellar Award's second and final round nomination ballot for "New Artist of the Year," based on her debut solo album, God Can Do Anything!Darrell Jay Jones, Owner and CEO of OverBoard Records in Texas, encourages SAGMA members to vote for Shirley Bell of Chicago [...]

From Verity Gospel Music Group:MARVIN SAPP TO RECORD 5th CD LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS OCTOBER 16 Aaron Lindsey to Produce, Myron Butler to Direct VocalsFor The First Time In Gospel Music History, The Recording Will Be Streamed LIVE at www.verityrecords.com.New York, NY – October 9, 2009 – Marvin Sapp is [...]