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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 [...]

“God is Able”Joe Leavell & St. Stephen Temple ChoirFrom the CD God is Able (Emtro Gospel 2009)www.emtro.comRecordings by big choirs may not be as popular on the radio as they once were, but several are making noise on the Radio & Records gospel national airplay chart right now. Among the [...]

“I Almost Blew It”LaShell GriffinFrom the CD Dreams Are Possible (DAP Music 2008)www.lashellgriffin.orgLaShell Griffin, champion of Oprah’s 2004 Pop Star Challenge, has really been working it. Whether singing the National Anthem on the campaign trail for Barack Obama, appearing in several national magazines, or appearing this June at the Gracies [...]

OfficialDaniel WeatherspoonLonglife Music 2008www.longlifeentertainment.comYou may not think you know who Daniel Weatherspoon is, but you do. A veritable Quincy Jones of gospel music, “DW” has served as music director for all the current biggies: Donald Lawrence, the Clark Sisters, the Murrills, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Fred Hammond; and has produced hit-makers [...]

SurrenderDaniel Young Music MinistryYoung Entertainment 2008www.myspace.com/danielyoungmusicministryDetroit’s Daniel Young may be an independent artist today, but he’s most assuredly a major label talent.Surrender, the sophomore release by the Daniel Young Music Ministry, is well nigh flawless. This fresh, young singer/songwriter and his combo of well-honed musicians deliver one energetic song after [...]

On his Christian spoken word track, “A New Creature,” Poet Keith Ferguson announces, “The Bible says, ‘Let everything that have breath praise ye the Lord.’ We must be able to express ourselves, so if it takes rapping, poetry, making beats, whatever it takes to get your feelings out, just pray.”TBGB [...]