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A blog article written by Peter Holderness for the Chicago Methods Reporter provides a thoughtful and provocative exposition of the clash between the old and the new in gospel music. The conflict between traditional and contemporary is certainly not new to gospel music; this is just the latest example.The piece [...]

WOW Gospel 2008Various ArtistsZomba Gospel Group 2008www.wowgospelonline.comFor the past eleven years, I have looked forward to each February with eager anticipation, knowing that the latest installment of the WOW Gospel series was due for release. This double-CD gospel music yearbook, the sister series to Christian music’s WOW project, has never [...]

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that, in addition to the American gospel artists who took Grammies home on Sunday, the Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa also took home a Grammy, their second.The world-renowned 26-member group that was formed in 2002 received the Best Traditional World Music [...]

Congratulations to the Clark Sisters for taking home the hardware in three of the six black gospel-related categories -- and in all the categories in which they were nominated -- at Sunday's 50th Annual Grammy Awards. It was a repeat of the group's sweep of this year's Stellar Awards, which [...]

Darius Brooks Presents…The Reunion: Live in Chicago – Side AJMG 2007http://www.journeymusicgroup.com/When Milton Brunson organized the Thompson Community Singers in 1948 while attending Chicago’s McKinley High School, he could hardly have imagined how his community gospel choir would inspire the establishment of similar organizations throughout the country, much less that members [...]

Feel the Spirit – A Tribute to MahaliaThe Big DooWopperDelmark Records 2002www.delmark.comAs Opal Louis Nations counsels in the liner notes to Feel the Spirit, don’t let Cornell H. Williams's nickname throw you. Williams earned the moniker as a young man for his habit of humming and singing along with the [...]

Start Black History Month on the right note by tuning into 88.7 WLUW in Chicago this Sunday morning, February 3, from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. CDT for the 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 [...]

“Move!!! (Right Now!)”The Jimmy Hicks ProjectFrom the Worldwide Music CD The Jimmy Hicks Project 2007www.gospeltruthmagazine.comElder Jimmy Hicks and Diana Hicks Hay are together again on “Move!!! (Right Now!).” Just as they demonstrated on the Jimmy Hicks and Voices of Integrity hit, "Born Blessed," the duo oozes with charisma and chemistry [...]

“I Can Go to God in Prayer”Albertina Walker and the Evangelical Choir of the Lighthouse Baptist ChurchFrom the Savoy LP I Can Go to God in PrayerSavoy SL-14600, 1981You can’t get much more Chicago than “I Can Go to God in Prayer,” a song written by Chicago’s Calvin Bridges that [...]