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“I Wouldn’t Know You”James Fortune & FIYA, feat. Nakitta FoxFrom the CD The Transformation (Black Smoke Music Worldwide 2008)www.myspace.com/jamesfortuneA fountain of top hits continues to pour forth from James Fortune and FIYA’s album The Transformation. The latest, “I Wouldn’t Know You,” is not only the chronological follow-up to Fortune’s smash [...]

“Power of the Holy Ghost”Shirley BellFrom the OverBoard Records CD God Can Do Anything!www.overboardrecords.comAt Chicagoan Shirley Bell’s CD release party for God Can Do Anything!, she belted out this song with such sanctified fervor that the audience was momentarily transported from the basement of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church to a [...]

“Let’s Celebrate (He Is Risen)”Reverend Timothy WrightFrom the AIR Records CD Live: Vol. III (2005)(also included on The Godfather of Gospel, in stores May 5)www.malaco.comReverend Timothy Wright continues to heal from the horrific automobile accident that took the lives of his wife and grandson last July, and left him physically [...]

The Stavanger Gospel Company of Norway performs in ChicagoA longtime gospel music enthusiast, Norwegian guitarist and arranger Aril Schold had also built a fair amount of expertise in its performance working with artists such as Richard Smallwood and Andrae Crouch during their various European tours. Schold also accompanied Norwegian gospel [...]

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 [...]