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James Fortune & FIYAThe TransformationWorld Wide Music, Inc. 2008www.gospeltruthmagazine.comFor those unfamiliar with James Fortune and FIYA (Free In Yahweh’s Abundance) – which means you probably haven’t listened to gospel radio very much in the past two or three years – it is a predominantly female vocal group (someone on Amazon [...]

“Thank You Lord For Mama”/”I’ve Got a Home”EnduranceFrom the CD I’ve Got a Home SCCME Records 2008www.myspace.com/endurance20072007Hailing from Houston, the Stellar-nominated gospel quartet Endurance may be relatively new on the national scene, but they are strictly old school, that tangy-sweet traditional sound indigenous to the American South. Carl Stewart, Claude [...]

VOWSomebody SomewhereJDI Records 2008http://www.jdirecords.com/VOW is a traditional choir with a 21st Century name and 21st Century panache.The choir’s first project for Professor James Roberson’s JDI Records of Los Angeles (label home of DeNetria Champ and Beverly Crawford) is a real gem. First of all, VOW sounds every bit like a [...]

“Stomp”Shekinah Glory MinistryFrom the 2008 Kingdom Records CD Jesuswww.kingdomrecordsinc.comWarrior worshippers stomping metaphorically on the Devil’s head and feet.That’s what Shekinah Glory Ministry’s “Stomp” is about, at least at first blush. An incessant thumping rhythm prodded by a bouncy, wordless call to battle offers an aural image of legions marching forward [...]

From The Sowetan:25 August 2008Khanyi NkosiRebecca Malope once again proved to be queen of gospel when she was honoured with a life time achievers award at the SABC Gospel Music Awards held in Durban yesterday. Overwhelmed by emotion, Malope who also won the Best Gospel Artist Award said the late [...]

Earlier this month, gospel hip hop phenom Canton Jones spent some time with The Black Gospel Blog to talk about his latest project, Kingdom Business.TBGB: Where did you develop your love for singing?CJ: I grew up in the Church of God in Christ, Thomas Temple COGIC in Pompano Beach, Florida. [...]

Shoshana Bean is best known for her role as Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) in the Tony Award winning Broadway show, Wicked. She was praised by Brian McKnight as "one of the greatest voices I've ver heard." She recently took off her black witch hat and green makeup, [...]

At the Gospel Music Workshop of America in Nashville last week, Vicki Mack Lataillade, founder of GospoCentric Records (later sold to Zomba) and known as the most powerful woman in gospel music, announced that she is officially launching the “Lilly Mack Sing-A-Long Series” in October 2008.An interactive multi-media music production, [...]

Darwin HobbsFreeTyscot Records (release date: August 26, 2008)http://www.tyscot.com/Darwin Hobbs is referred to as the Luther Vandross of gospel, but to my ears, his husky, muscular voice is more akin to the blue-eyed soulster Michael McDonald, with whom the forty year-old singer once worked.Regardless, the Darwin Hobbs sound is what one [...]

The Gospel Music According to Chicago (GMAC) Choir put the finishing touches on the 41st Gospel Music Workshop of America, which closed Friday, August 15. The week-long event was held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.During the concluding musical Friday evening, on which they were the final act, [...]