From TBGB Correspondent Michael P. Coleman:Arrow Records has released Christmas In The City: Deluxe Edition, a compilation of Christmas season favorites. First released in 2008, this deluxe edition includes two new bonus tracks featuring vocals by the incomparable Ann Nesby of Sounds Of Blackness fame, “Silver Bells” and “Holiday Love."Read the entire [...]
Erma Byrd of eByrd Communications informed TBGB that Donald Andy McClurkin Sr., father of gospel artists Donnie McClurkin and Andrea McClurkin-Mellini, passed away in Chester, SC, around 2:40 a.m. PT today, Wednesday, November 13, 2013.Last week, the patriarch of the McClurkin family had an emergency surgery at Palmetto Health Baptist in [...]
“They Said, But God Said”Jekalyn CarrFrom the Malaco/Lunjeal Music CD Greater Is Comingwww.malaco.comTeenaged Jekalyn Carr has come a long way, from a cameo singing role in the gospel documentary Rejoice and Shout to the Malaco Records roster and a first-round Stellar nod. On her latest single, “They Said, But God [...]
“You Give Me”Tim Spady & Inspiration (available online October 22, 2013)www.facebook.com/pages/Timothy-Spady/45622129834Tim Spady & Inspiration is no stranger to The Black Gospel Blog. Their 2011 album, Songs From My Heart, showcased Spady’s songwriting and keyboard skills. The troupe’s current single, “You Give Me,” featuring Walt Anderson, concerns the various ways God provides [...]
“Show Me the Way”Ty Webb & A City On a HillAlexikay Music Groupwww.facebook.com/pages/Ty-Webb-and-A-City-on-a-Hill/560980203930732Fort Lauderdale’s Ty Webb & A City on a Hill keep it real as they assume the persona of a sixteen-year-old who asks a preacher to “show me the way.” But how are you going to reach me, [...]
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Micah StampleyLove Never FailsMotown Gospel (release date: November 11, 2013)www.motowngospel.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogThe mutual love between God and humanity is the dominant expression of Love Never Fails, Micah Stampley’s new album and first for Motown Gospel. Eleven tracks, many of them written or co-written by Stampley [...]
Black gospel music collection at Baylor to become part of Smithsonian - WacoTrib.com: Higher Education
“Thicker Than Water”Debuts on Bravo Sunday, November 10 at 9/8 Centralwww.bravotv.com/thicker-than-waterBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogJazz instrumentalist Ben Tankard is the latest gospel artist to secure a reality television program. “Thicker Than Water,” which premieres on Bravo Sunday evening, November 10, chronicles the life of Ben and Jewel [...]
“While I Wait”Trice StatenAvailable on iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play“While I Wait” is a lovingly and delicately sung praise ballad by Chicago’s Trice Staten. Its Celtic-influenced melody gets gospel heft courtesy of Staten, her background vocalists, and a clever interpolation of “Standing on the Promises” at the conclusion.Staten said the lyrics [...]
