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Blackberry Records Presents Songs Mama Used to Sing 3Blackberry CD BBD 1646Produced by Melvin Williams and Doug Williams for Turn-Table Productions2004www.blackberryrecords.comFormer Caravan Dorothy Norwood says that when troubles get you down and you need some real soul salvation, you turn to the old-time gospel songs. Apparently, the staff and musicians [...]

This is from Mack Mason's excellent "Gospel Trade" monthly e-newsletter: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has just announced its line up of special honorees for its upcoming Grammy Awards. Among those slated to receive recognition during the week leading up to the February 13 Television event [...]

Lynette White may have been born in the Bronx and raised in Southern California, but the Caribbean sun burns brightly in her voice. While the fetching, dreadlocked Lynette -- born to Caribbean parents -- may be better known for her secular work, her gospel debut CD I Will Lift My [...]

From a press release supplied by JL Media Relations: The "20th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards" airs in national syndication over broadcast and cable television from January 22 to February 20, 2005. Please check local listings for dates and times. 2005 Stellar Gospel Music WINNERS! Artist of the Year: Tonex [...]

“If I Had a Hammer” – Five Blind Boys of Alabama from House of Blues CD: I Brought Him With Me (1995) Pete Seeger’s and Lee Hayes’s iconic “If I Had a Hammer” receives its best treatment ever at the hands of the Five Blind Boys of Alabama on one [...]

The following is an article by Aaron Cohen Special to the Chicago Tribune January 14, 2005 Just like gospel's relatives in blues and soul, church music has gone through its own split between adherence to longstanding traditions and a move toward more contemporary productions. Some young gospel stars who've drawn [...]

“He’ll Welcome Me (To My Home)” Soul Stirrers Specialty 851 1953 [also available on Specialty LPs LP2106 and SPS2137, and on www.rhapsody.com] It may have been akin to heresy for some churchgoers when in 1952 and 1953 the Soul Stirrers – beloved a cappella quartet that they were – began [...]

From Veda Brown and Black Gospel Promo (www.blackgospelpromo.com): Donald McIntyre, the editor and force behind Gospel EUR, has died. McIntyre, 45, died Sunday morning in Dallas, Texas, said his mother, Mrs. Betty Hornbuckle. In speaking with his mother, who of course is grieving, we were able to get some information. [...]

Like many quartets that have stood the test of time, the Swanee Quintet has consistently adapted its sound to meet the changing tastes of gospel audiences. Led by the effervescent Reverend Reuben Willingham, the quartet released dozens of remarkable singles and LPs for Nashboro and Creed throughout the 1950s, ‘60s [...]

“How Long, Oh Lord, How Long” Pattersonaires 1965 Chalice C-101 Although the Pattersonaires formed in 1953, they did not make any commercial recordings until 1965, when two singles were released on Stax Records’ short-lived Chalice imprint. The quartet cut several tracks for the Memphis-based label but only four were issued [...]