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“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 [...]

The 23rd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, held last night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, was an evening to remember, especially for Detroit. Artists from two of the Motor City’s most beloved gospel music families – the Moss/Clarks and Winans – together tallied wins in 11 [...]

Look At Me NowWess MorganOak Tree Productions 2006http://www.wessmorgan.com/I must admit that when I first saw the dapper, bow-tie adorned Wess Morgan in a crowd at the Gospel Music Workshop of America last year, I thought he might be a CCM singer trying to get into gospel. Hearing his Look At [...]

TBGB learned from Minister J.J. Bell that Bishop Ozro Thurston Jones, Jr., General Board Member Emeritus and former Second Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, passed away Wednesday, January 9.Bishop Jones' homegoing information will be forthcoming at the COGIC main website: www.cogic.org.

From The Miami Herald, 1/9/2008BY ADAM PLAYFORDSpecial to The Miami HeraldJoshua Nelson is a black Jew who sings Kosher gospel music. "You hear 'kosher gospel,' and you're like, 'What is this, Jews for Jesus?' '' he said. "But I take everything from more of a cultural background than a religious [...]

“Lion of Judah”John Francis & The Ruach ChoirShekinah International 2007www.johnfrancis.org.ukBishop John Francis, Founder and Senior Pastor of Ruach Ministries in Brixton, South London, England, visited the Gospel Announcers Guild meeting during the 2007 Gospel Music Workshop of America, and proved to be a riveting, powerful presence as he ministered to [...]

From the Tennessean, Sunday, 01/06/08BY BILL FRISKICS-WARRENStaff WriterThey have opened for or toured with Paul Simon, Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones. They were the first gospel quartet to appear on Soul Train and one of the earliest to don bright costumes and choreograph their stage moves, a practice that [...]

He’s a God (25th Anniversary Edition)The Victory TravelersRapture 2007Just about every one of the eight tracks on the 25th Anniversary CD Edition of the Victory Travelers’ He's a God, their debut album for Gene Strawhun’s Rapture Records, is hard-charging, powerful, going-to-church quartet excitement. The rest of the songs are deep [...]

Jesus Got Me OffThe Pilgrim JubileesMalaco 2007www.malaco.comJesus Got Me Off is the Pilgrim Jubilees' latest offering in a string of recordings going back to when Eisenhower entered the White House. The Jubes’ singing has been preserved on every type of recording medium (except for cylinders) and span as many decades [...]

A nicely written article from the Philadelphia Daily News.By JOHN F. MORRISONmorrisj@phillynews.com THEY CALLED Freeman Wilson Jr. the "Teddy Pendergrass of gospel music." They also called him a "miracle," because when he was born in 1941, he weighed just 2.5 pounds and there was considerable doubt that he'd survive.But survive [...]