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TBGB caught this on the WSPA Channel 7 (South Carolina) website. The Heavenly Gospel Singers were the first to record Thomas A. Dorsey's classic "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." They recorded it on February 16, 1937 in Charlotte, NC for Victor's Bluebird subsidiary, a year before Arthur "Bob" Beatty joined [...]

Today Is Your Day For a MiracleBishop Gregory M. Davis, Sr. & the Tabernacle Cathedral ChoirGreg Davis Ministries International 2007http://www.gregdavisministries.org/While Today Is Your Day For a Miracle is the project of Bishop Gregory M. Davis, who pastors two Full Gospel Baptist churches (in Pennsylvania and Delaware), it belongs just as [...]

Bill Carter’s Jazz Band Presents William WarfieldSomething Within MeDelmark 2004http://www.delmark.com/Jazz and black sacred music have been dallying for many decades. Ignoring for the moment how gospel music was breathed into life by jazz, there have been many examples of the two together. The teams of Bunk Johnson and Ernestine Washington, [...]

Ethnomusicologist and noted quartet historian Kip Lornell helped Smithsonian Folkways select the tracks for the new Classic African American Gospel, a 24-track audio-history of black gospel music. Offering original recordings of jubilee singing to authentic "shout bands," the collection is reported to give an overview of gospel music as it [...]

TBGB sends congratulations and best wishes to Analisa, whose project, Jesus...He Brings Me Joy been nominated for a Dove award in the category of "Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year."The Blog's review of Analisa's nominated CD can be found here.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Special thanks to gospel discographer Bob Laughton for alerting TBGB to Edgar's passing.*****Edgar O'Neal, one of the O'Neal Twins gospel singers, died Wednesday (Jan. 16, 2008) at Christian Hospital after a short illness. He was 70 and a resident of Spanish Lake.Mr. O'Neal and his [...]

Detroit Remembers, Vols. I and IIVarious ArtistsSound of Gospel 2002 (Vol. I), 2007 (Vol. II)Gospel historian Professor L. Stanley Davis introduced me to this collection, which contains some of the most thrilling, exhilarating traditional gospel music performances – and I mean gospel with a capital G – that has been [...]

TBGB has reviewed Byrnes' House of Refuge and the Sojourners' own project Hold On. Here's a photo and an informative article from Vancouver's Vue Weekly about the Original Sojourners of Vancouver.*****EDEN MUNRO / [email protected] Jim Byrnes began working on his 2006 album, House of Refuge, he knew that he wanted [...]

“Lift Him Up”Dexter Walker & Zion MovementFrom the Found Sound Music CD Move (2007)http://www.zionmovement.org/Rev. Dr. Stanley Keeble says that what makes the Chicago gospel choir special is its attack: attack on the melody, attack on the lyrics, and attack in its physical movement. That said, Dexter Walker’s vivacious Zion Movement [...]