Black Nativity Fox Searchlight (opens November 27, 2013) PG - 1 hour 32 minutes www.foxsearchlight.com/blacknativity By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog When I heard that Black Nativity was to be made into a motion picture, I wondered how faithful it would be to Langston Hughes’ 1961 musical retelling of the birth [...]
“Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)”Micah StampleyFrom the Motown Gospel CD Love Never Fails (2013)www.motowngospel.com“Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus)” may be the quintessential altar call anthem of this generation. Micah Stampley’s version of Chris Rice’s tender, tear-jerking composition is better than the original, due largely to his ample use of pauses, [...]
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Various ArtistsBMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Live 2013BMI/Entertainment One (2013)www.bmi.com/genres/gospelBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogWhat if some of gospel’s top-selling artists came together to sing the songs of celebrated gospel artists Edwin Hawkins, Lady Tramaine Hawkins, and Kurt Carr in front of an audience?This happened last January at [...]
Read Michael P. Coleman's review on Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark's new CD, Live & Unplugged, for SAC Cultural Hub here: Twinkie Clark.
Gilbert Wilson & United In Christ ChoraleTransformationGilWil Music http://tehillahchristianchurch.webs.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogSome may know Pastor Gilbert Wilson from his work with the Gospel Music Workshop of America’s GMWA Men of Promise singing group. He also founded the United In Christ Chorale of Northeast Louisiana. Transformation, recorded at [...]
Read the article here:Courthouse News ServiceSeems to me the crux of the situation is this:"None of the defendants contacted either of the plaintiffs to ask for permission to use plaintiffs' song (lyrics or music) for the 3 Kings song. "Neither of the plaintiffs has ever filed any type of written document [...]
“You’re Right On Time”Gloria GaynorFrom the CD We Will Survive (release date: November 26, 2013)www.gloriagaynor.comGloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” was the anthem of a generation. So entranced was I with the song when it came on the radio that I purchased the Polydor 45 not long after its release in [...]
Clara Ward and the Famous Ward SingersGospel Friend (2013)www.gospelfriend.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogListening to Per Notini’s second volume of Ward Singers reissues, available on his Gospel Friend imprint, it occurred to me that every aspiring female gospel artist should study it to pick up some effective singing [...]
It is with great sadness that TBGB reports William R. Hamilton, minister of music at Chicago's historic New Covenant M.B. Church (Rev. Stephen J. Thurston, Pastor), transitioned from labor to earthly reward this morning after an extended illness.Hamilton was also an integral part of Chicago Mass Choir and a member of [...]
