The UK-based gospel group Brian Martin & Worship 4 Life has been touring the U.S. for the past several days, including a stop at the Dove Awards Pre-Party.TBGB spoke with Mr. Martin about the tour and his journey from growing up in Trinidad to hitting the gospel circuit. The interview [...]
First CreationHeavenFC Productions, LLCwww.firstcreationmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogFirst Creation of Toledo, Ohio, combines the muscularity of male quartet singing with Whispers-style R&B harmonies and contemporary gospel arrangements.The group's fifth and newest album, Heaven, opens and closes with evocations of the hereafter. While the title track is a [...]
“Do It Again”Anthony Brown & group therAPyFrom the Tyscot album Anthony Brown & group therAPywww.tyscot.comThe follow-up to Anthony Brown & group therAPy’s hit single “Testimony,” “Do It Again” is a perky paean to God’s constancy.“If He did it before, He will do it again,” sings Brown and crew reassuringly, to [...]
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Bob Marovich of The Black Gospel Blog interviewed Dove Award-winning gospel singer Tasha Cobbs, whose recording of "Break Every Chain" has dominated the gospel charts this year.Listen to the 13 minute interview below:
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E. BarnesWhat Do You See In Me the EPReleased September 17, 2013www.ebarnesmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog”What do you see in me?”This question posed by E. Barnes at the introduction of his EP becomes the dominant theme of this autobiographical forerunner to a full album. Indeed, Eric Barnes’ [...]
TBGB congratulates Tasha Cobbs, Lecrae, and Tamela Mann for scoring multiple Dove Awards at the 44th Annual GMA Dove Awards. The celebration took place in Nashville yesterday evening, October 15.To view the full list, click here: 44th Annual GMA Dove Award Winners.The telecast of the event will take place on UP Monday, [...]
“My Time to Praise”Javen feat. LaRue HowardFrom the Tyscot CD Worship in the Now - Livewww.tyscot.comP&W artists Javen Campbell and LaRue Howard sing about praising by any means necessary: feet, hands, voice. With "so many blessings," they argue, the medium doesn't matter. The song really belongs to Howard. A former student of [...]
Janice BrownI Am Still Holding OnFreedom Records (2013)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogIn 2009, Alice “Al MacWill” Williams introduced “urban country gospel,” an amalgam of soul and country that in some ways evoked Ray Charles’ 1960s experiments with C&W and R&B.On the other hand, Janice Brown, of “Rough Side [...]
