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Donnie McClurkinWe All Are One (Live in Detroit)Verity Records 2009www.verityrecords.com Unity and our essential one-ness as a human race are chief lyrical themes of We All Are One (Live in Detroit), but musically, Donnie McClurkin is all about variety, stirring a little bit of everything into the aural stew. Contemporary, [...]

The Tennessean reported that David "Pop" Winans, Sr. died Wednesday, April 8 in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more here in The Tennessean.ALSO:The Baltimore Sun's Karlayne Parker reflects on the life and legacy of Pop Winans: Gospelrama.From Black Gospel Promo:MUSICAL CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR DAVID 'POP' WINANS APRIL 20, 1934 - [...]

Tonya Hairston WareThe VoiceTonya Ware 2007www.tonyaware.comAlthough she has been singing since the tender age of six, it wasn’t until a couple of years ago that Tonya Hairston Ware plunged headlong into recording her debut CD, The Voice.Tonya possesses a big voice, but she isn’t a shouting singer, nor does she [...]

“A Heart That Forgives”Kevin LeVar & One SoundFrom the Habakkuk Records CD Let’s Come Togetherwww.habakkukmusic.comKevin LeVar delivers this touching, inspirational ballad with even more emotion than he displayed on his prior single, “You Are Not Alone," perhaps because the topic hits closer to home. The vocalists of One Sound sit [...]

“Making a Way”Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson & the Spiritual VoicesFrom the CD Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson Presents: The Rising Stars of Quartet, Vol. 1www.malaco.comA quartet singer since the age of five, when he joined his father’s group, the Spiritual Voices, Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson is an ambassador of traditional gospel quartet for the [...]

Shirley BellGod Can Do Anything!OverBoard Records 2009http://www.spbmusic.net/You know the saying, “It takes years to become an overnight success?” Shirley Bell can testify.Her debut CD, God Can Do Anything, comes after many years of dedicated music ministry at Rev. Dr. Clay Evans’ renowned Fellowship M.B. Church in Chicago. Musicians and vocalists [...]

Tune to 88.7 WLUW Chicago this Sunday morning, April 5, from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. Central Time for the monthly live broadcast of “Gospel Memories” – the soundtrack to That Old Time Religion.Not in Chicago? No problem. Go to http://www.wluw.org/, click the Listen Live button, and enjoy “Gospel Memories” from [...]

Jimmy & Debora RouseWould You Be Ready?www.jimmyanddeborarouse.comHusband and wife singing teams have been de rigueur in gospel music for as far back as the memory can travel. When it comes to black gospel, the Consolers of Miami, Florida (Sullivan and Iola Pugh) are the archetypes of the form, but the [...]

Press Release from Grace Media Services: (thanks to Chicago's Gregory Gay for sharing this information with TBGB).Beloved Gospel music pioneer Vera Jean Eskridge Jenkins goes home to be with the Lord - March 21, 2009 Announcement - The legendary Vera Jean Jenkins passed March 21, 2009. (GMSNewsChannel) Gospel music's legendary [...]

“The Love of God”Soul StirrersFrom the Malaco Records CD A Soul Stirring Reunion 2008www.malaco.comIn the early 1950s, Sam Cooke transformed the Soul Stirrers' sound from hypnotic harmonies and dueling lead singers to a youthful vibe fronted by a singer with pop sensibilities. That’s a mouthful, but legions of Stirrers leads [...]