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“Traditional Praise and Worship”Rev. Oscar Hayes & Abundant Life FellowshipFrom Seasoned & Settled(Private Press) 2006(313) 867-9112“Y’all don’t mind havin’ a little Missionary Baptist church for a minute?”Thus inquires Detroit’s Rev. Oscar Hayes, rhetorically of course, as he and his Abundant Life Fellowship launch into a nearly eight-minute medley of traditional [...]

From Mrs. Henry Thomas-Harrison of Down Home Gospel Productions in Chicago:Brother Joe Watson of The Blind Boys of Mississippi passed away Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 7:55 p.m. at Yale Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Brother Joe Watson joined the Blind Boys of Mississippi in 1975. He was 64 years [...]

From a Malaco Records Press Release: Jackson, MS. February 9, 2007 - On February 6, 2007, Soul Train announced nominees for their 21st annual prestigious music awards among whom is found The Caravans, for their 2006 release Paved The Way, in the category of Best Gospel Album. The event takes [...]

TBGB is saddened to report that Sister Ernestine Rundless, leader of The Meditation Singers, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born May 4, 1914, Ernestine was one of the mightiest singers on the gospel highway. Her Meditation Singers once included Della Reese as a member [...]

CD Review:GenesisZie’lLight Records 2006www.myspace.com/officialzielRecall my blog entry from December 2005... http://blackgospel.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_blackgospel_archive.html...when I predicted that Zie’l would be a group to watch in 2006. Having heard the five women from Shreveport, Louisiana sing at the 2005 Gospel Music Workshop of America, I knew Zie’l exuded talent. They could present traditional and [...]

From the Beloit Daily NewsPosted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 - 10:58:14 am CSTExcerpted from an article by Hillary WundrowDaily News staff writerAt Beloit College, music will spill out of Beloit College's Eaton Chapel when the D'Vine gospel trio brings its soulful music to Beloit College for a concert on Feb. [...]

Hello, gospel music mavens -- the next live broadcast of "Gospel Memories" will be this Sunday, February 4 from 3:00 to 7:30 a.m. Central Time US on Chicago's WLUW 88.7. Listen live anywhere in the world via the real-time webcast at www.wluw.org. Highlights of the February 4 Broadcast: -- February [...]

Old Time Camp Meeting Songs – Volume IIIRev. Timothy Flemming, Sr.God’s Strength Records 2007Buoyed by the success of Volumes I and II, the prolific Rev. Timothy Flemming, Sr. has released yet a third volume of Old Time Camp Meeting Songs. Recorded live at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia, [...]

CD Review:Mega 3 CollectionsLight Recordswww.lightrecords.comBox sets have been a music industry staple for some time now. Not to be left out, Light Records added their own variation on the multi-disc set to the mix a few years ago by launching a series called the Mega 3 Collection. The 3-CD packs [...]

by Sheilah Belle of The Belle Report (www.thebellereport.net):Fire early Tuesday, January 16, 2007 destroyed a home belonging to gospel singer Ricky Dillard, who was out of town.The six-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot house was "completely burned to the ground, from my understanding," said Dillard's manager, William Bogle. "It was certainly unfortunate but, more [...]