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Various ArtistsTake Me to the WaterImmersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890-1950Dust-to-Digital 2009www.dust-digital.comCollectors who have salivated over the Grammy-nominated Goodbye Babylon from Lance Ledbetter’s Dust-to-Digital imprint, take heart: Take Me to the Water, a compilation advertised as “what could easily be seen as the seventh part of the acclaimed…box [...]

“Stepping Up”SondayFrom Kerry Douglas Presents Gospel Truth Magazine’s Gospel Mix, Vol. III (2009)www.gospeltruthmagazine.comFormerly known as “100% Cotton,” the fresh-faced urban contemporary gospel trio Sonday is Erika, Amber and Krystal Cotton. Hailing from Wagoner, Oklahoma, the group recently scored a major goal by landing a distribution and marketing deal with Black [...]

Greg O’Quin & iPraiseAfter the StormPendulum Records 2009www.pendulumrecords.bizAfter an eight-year recording hiatus, Dallas-based Greg O’Quin, pastor and founder of The Church Without Walls International, is back with a new group and a new project, After the Storm, a sequel to his previous hit, “I Told the Storm.” O’Quin and iPraise [...]

From a press release: AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (ABFF) TO FEATURE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ROCK CAPITAL FILMS’ “PASTOR BROWN”VIP EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS FEATURED ON JUNE 26TH FOR ABFF AND JUNE 28TH FOR THE CITY OF MIAMIRock Capital Films, CEO Steven Belser, American Black Film Festival executives and participants, industry leaders, VIP’s, Celebrity [...]

From a press release:BISHOP TROTTER, STELLAR AWARD WINNING GOSPEL ARTISTS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS TO REMEMBER MICHAEL JACKSON IN SONGOVER 2000 TO MEMORIALIZE THE GREATEST SINGER AND ENTERTAINER EVER TO WALK THE EARTHSunday June 28TH, 2009 @ 11:30 A.M. Sweet Holy Spirit Church, 8621 S. South Chicago Ave, [...]

Michael Jackson wasn't a gospel singer, but TBGB wouldn't feel right without paying tribute to the King of Pop. Rest in Peace, Michael, from one Hoosier to another.

Bishop Larry D. Trotter & the Sweet Holy Spirit Combined ChoirsI Still BelieveUtopia Music Group/Tyscot Records 2009www.tyscot.comBishop Larry D. Trotter’s Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago’s southeast side has a warehouse-sized sanctuary, ideal for big gospel programs and recordings, such as the Bishop’s cathartic recent release, I Still Believe, produced [...]

Phillip Carter & SOVSongs from the StormAvailable July 2009www.sovministries.comTBGB selected Phillip Carter & SOV’s latest single, “He’s God,” as its Pick of the Week for June 15 because it’s a moving, reverent performance, a “lushly orchestrated ode to the staying power of God.” It’s tagged on near the tail end [...]

This morning (June 20), Rev. Joe Williams, former member of the Sons of the Birds (Song Bird Records) and the Dixie Hummingbirds, chatted on air with Bob Marovich, host of WLUW's "Gospel Memories." In between classic quartet tracks, including those of the Sons of the Birds, Rev. Williams stressed the [...]