While performing at The Fillmore in San Francisco, Raphael Saadiq, multi-instrumentalist and former lead singer of the RnB group Tony! Toni! Tone!, pays public homage to a musical influence that I’ll bet many of his fans were unaware: Bay Area gospel quartet singing. To prove it, Saadiq brings on stage [...]
Youthful Praise featuring JJ HairstonResting On His PromiseEvidence Gospel/Light Records 2009 (release date: September 1, 2009)www.lightrecords.comWhen at the beginning of the decade JJ Hairston assumed leadership of Youthful Praise at Turner’s Faith Temple COGIC in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he may not have realized it at the time, but he was walking [...]
"Working It Out"The Gospel Spiritualswww.myspace.com/gospelspiritualsThe Gospel Spirituals of Houston, Texas was founded by Pastor Lee LeFleur in 1982 as a family group. After a few personnel comings and goings, the quartet today consists of original members Evang. LaKeisha "Keisha" LaFleur-Clayton, Evang. Lori LaFleur and Nkita "Nikki" LaFleur. Broderick LaFleur handles [...]
Bishop Steven J. Bennett PresentsHouse of Prayer & Praise Ministries Mass ChoirExpectancyHouse of Prayer & Praise Ministries 2008www.HOPPministries.orgStraight outta Detroit’s west side come Bishop Steven J. Bennett and the House of Prayer & Praise Ministries Mass Choir. Expectancy is part of the church’s theme for the year: Expectation, Expansion and [...]
“They That Wait”Fred Hammond feat. John P. KeeFrom the forthcoming CD Love Unstoppable (release date: September 29, 2009)www.verityrecords.comSomeone coined the phrase “Commissioned Nation” to describe the legions of gospel enthusiasts who helped make the genre-bending Detroit ensemble Commissioned one of the top gospel groups of the 1980s and early 1990s. [...]
“Made It”Praise ReportFrom the Ace Beat Records album It’s Time 2009www.acebeatmusic.comAce Mungin’s Ace Beat Records of Fayetteville, Georgia “bridges the sound of the young and hip with the classic and timely.” It’s gospel house music with “the power of the grooving bass line working the dance floor.” One of the [...]
“The Platform”CamFrom the Duolos Records CD The Platformwww.gospelcam.comOn the title track of his sophomore CD, Oklahoma’s Cameron Dukes, aka “Cam,” encourages listeners to use whatever platform God gave them to lift up the kingdom as disciples. He sings, “God gave you a platform, stand upon your platform, teach upon it, [...]
Maurette Brown Clark jago togelThe DreamAIR 2007www.malaco.comKnown affectionately as the “Princess of Praise and Worship,” Maurette Brown Clark hit the ball out of the park with her first live album, The Dream. It produced two major gospel hits: the antiphonal sing-along “One God” and the current charter “It Ain’t Over [...]
“Alright”The Disciples of ChristFrom their self-released album Unique Praisewww.myspace.com/disciplesofchrist10Booking: Arlene Bell - 281-608-5551Still more gospel from that happening city of Houston, Texas! Arlene Bell, Shirley Benson, Shaniece Benson and Candice Jackson are the Disciples of Christ, a quartet whose single, “Alright,” marries ‘80s drums-and-bass driven funk (think Prince and Morris [...]
by Bob Marovich, The Black Gospel BlogGrowing up in Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ just outside Washington, DC, gospel singer Kevin LeVar was surrounded by top gospel music talent.HOB recording artists the Refreshingettes hailed from Refreshing Spring. The church’s Minister of Music was none other than Evangelist Myrna [...]
