Gospel Music

Sam Adebanjo & DTWGThe Mission/The Vision (2013)www.dtwg.co.ukBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogA new double CD set, The Mission/The Vision, showcases two sides of UK gospel ensemble, Sam Adebanjo and DTWG (Desire to Worship God).On The Mission, the group channels its African roots.  The songs—some in English, others in [...]

Joint HeirsThe Solution (2013)www.jointheirs1.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogNashville’s Moiba Mustapha and Darcey Stewart are Joint Heirs, a modern-day version of the '60s Chambers Brothers or Joe and Eddie.  They stitch inspirational and spiritual messages into a quilt of contemporary music.While Joint Heirs embraces the hard-hitting sounds of hip hop, [...]

ShadrachGrace InsteadCrooked Thumbs Music (2013)www.shadrach.netBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.That axiom fits Shadrach.  He is the youngest son of prodigious gospel recording artists Rev. Cleophus and Bertha Robinson.  On Grace Instead, Shadrach tends the family business for a new generation.Although there [...]

Check out the list here, courtesy of uGospel.com: 2014 Stellar Award NomineesCongratulations to all the nominees!  See you at the Stellars in January!

Various ArtistsI Heard the Angels Singing:Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983Tompkins Square (release date: December 10, 2013)www.tompkinssquare.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhen it came to recording post-war gospel quartets, Ernie Young’s Nashboro Records of Nashville gave Don Robey’s Peacock Records a run for its money.  A [...]

Maceo Woods Singers, ca. 1952 - Woods is front, centerBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogRev. Maceo L. Woods, founder and pastor of Christian Tabernacle Church in Chicago and gospel recording artist for more than sixty years, will be honored at the 2014 Stellar Awards with the Ambassador Bobby [...]

Pastor Milton R. Hawkins PresentsTemple of Deliverance Women’s Choir - LiveIn the SanctuaryHabakkuk Music (2013)www.habakkukmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWith a chorus of 200+ women and a parade of top female soloists, In the Sanctuary is a veritable injection of high-octane estrogen that engulfs the Temple of Deliverance [...]

Rev. Stef and JubilationA Jubilation Christmas (2013)www.RevStefandJubilation.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogA Jubilation Christmas is the New Jersey-based Jubilation’s first-ever holiday CD.  Under the direction of Rev. Dr. Stefanie Minatee, the group offers a collection of mostly familiar carols and Christmas songs sung in the full-voiced gospel choir [...]